✅ Part 2 of Start building with Rive for iOS
Start building with Rive for iOS
January 19, 2026
Welcome to issue #66 of the iOS Coffee Break Newsletter 📬.
Last week we kicked of the "Start building with Rive for iOS" newsletter series. This time, we move to the part 2 of the series to explore how to build state-driven experiences with Rive on iOS.
The Plan
In this edition, I'll walk you through the fundamentals of Rive's Apple runtime library, show how to set up a RiveViewModel in both SwiftUI and UIKit, and wrap up this week's issue with a step-by-step build of a custom animated tab bar driven by Rive animations. Below is the approach we'll follow:
