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Apple just released iOS 26. It features a new design system called "Liquid Glass" which breaks the standard components of SwiftUI, UIKit and AppKit.

For developers, this means that your app might look different on iOS 26.

Here's how a sheet in my sample app looks like in iOS 26:

And here's how it's suppose to look like:

So what changed in iOS 26?

• ❌ the navigation bar title is missing
• ❌ the close button is enclosed in a circle with drop shadow
• ❌ the action button and navbar text is enclosed in an oval shape with drop shadow

Here are two ways to disable or opt out of Liquid Glass.

Method 1: Add compatibility flag

Add and set UIDesignRequiresCompatibility to YES in your Info.plist file.

UIDesignRequiresCompatibility is a temporary key that tells the system whether the app should run in compatibility mode.

Method 2: Use Xcode 16.4

Just use Xcode 16.4 which can be downloaded here. No need to set UIDesignRequiresCompatibility as Xcode 16.4 is using the previous version of the SDK.

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