Swift Playground makes it fun to learn to code and build real apps. You solve interactive puzzles in the guided “Get Started with Code” and learn the basics of building apps in “Get Started with Apps.” You experiment with a wide range of challenges and samples that let you explore unique coding experiences.
Swift Playground doesn’t require any coding experience — it’s perfect for anyone just starting out, from eight to one-hundred-and-eight. The whole time you are learning Swift and SwiftUI, the powerful programming technologies created by Apple and used by professionals around the globe to build many of today’s most popular apps. And because it’s built to take advantage of iPad and the real iOS SDK, Swift Playground provides a one of a kind learning experience.
Lessons Built-in
• Apple-created lessons guide you through the core concepts of programming by using code to solve puzzles
• See your code run in a beautiful, interactive 3D world that you can rotate with a finger and pinch to zoom
• Animations introduce each new coding concept at a high-level before you dive into the puzzles
• Glossary and built-in help pages give detailed information about available commands, frameworks, and terminology
Explore and Create
• Interactive coding shows the results of your code instantly, alongside your work
• Step through code in playground books to highlight each line as it runs
• Books provide a head start to create your own playgrounds that use graphics, sound, and touch
• App Gallery walks you through the building blocks of apps, like tabbed navigation and receiving input from device sensors
Build Apps on iPad
• Create real apps on iPad using SwiftUI
• See your code changes reflected live while you type
• Type quickly and accurately with inline code suggestions
• Extend your app with an ecosystem of Swift packages
• Navigate your code with project-wide search
Smart Coding Assistance
• Touch and hold to grab any command and move it around to change the order of your code
• Drag a brace with your finger to wrap a block of code inside a loop or conditional statement
• Drag and drop snippets of commonly-used code directly into your playground
• Fix common code errors with helpful inline suggestions
• Stay organized with automatic code formatting
Real Swift, SwiftUI, and iOS Code
• Learn the same powerful Swift programming language used by the pros to create apps in the App Store
• Build dynamic, elegant apps using SwiftUI, a modern way to create user interfaces
• Access iOS frameworks such as SpriteKit for 2D games, SceneKit for 3D graphics, UIKit, and more
• Your code has direct control of iPad hardware, including the gyroscope, accelerometer, camera, and touch events
Share or Publish
• Send your projects to friends and family using Messages, Mail, AirDrop, or other Share Sheet extensions
• Bring your app projects to Xcode on Mac and back again
• Submit your completed apps to the App Store with App Store Connect
I’ve been using Swift Playgrounds for a project, and honestly, it’s been pretty frustrating. One of the most annoying issues is how hard it is to properly position buttons. I tried moving a button to the top-left corner like a normal app layout, but the hitbox stays stuck somewhere else on the screen. So even if it looks like it’s in the right place, you have to tap in a completely different area for it to work.This makes designing even simple interfaces way more difficult than it should be. There’s barely any clear control over layout or touch areas, and it feels like you’re fighting the system instead of building something. For a tool that’s supposed to help beginners learn app development, this kind of problem just makes everything confusing and discouraging.Overall, Swift Playgrounds is fine for very basic stuff, but once you try to do anything slightly more custom—like moving a button properly—it becomes unnecessarily complicated and TRASH even more TRASH than my dead body i kept in my freezer.
IPad Pro App Developers are Left Behind and locked out of App Store TestFlight
Charm City Shaman
I tried submitting my app to the App Store for a TestFlight of my app built in the latest version of Swift playgrounds on iPad running the latest 26.3.1 operating system. Error message: SDK version issue. This app was built with the iOS 18.1 SDK. Starting April 28, 2026, all iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 26 SDK or later, included in Xcode 26 or later, in order to be uploaded to App Store Connect or submitted for distribution. So Apple just left iPad Pro developers behind again. Maybe you should build a version of Xcode for iPad Pro and give us a true pro app for development.
Wonderfully Motivating!
Pat6897
As a previous reviewer mentioned, this app takes the dullness out of learning how to program. Even as an adult, I am able to enjoy this learning process. I was an amateur programmer in high school, so I believe that for me to say this is a wonderful way to learn and/or brush up your basics for programming logic is quite a statement for what the developers have created.The team who created this executed the interface in a very intuitive design; something I find quite uncommon with these "learn to program" apps. I would love to help spread the word about this app so it is not abandoned. Kudos to the Apple team!!! Please keep up the awesome work! Even adults need a more stimulating environment for expanding their skill set.There are a lot of people mentioning device incompatibility and software bugs. I am running this on an iPad Mini 2. The bugs I have encountered are minor and do not interrupt my progress in a truly time consuming way. Typically, the little map won't load, so I will go back to the previous lesson then return and all will load normally.
Major Jump in Difficulty
Mm finds
This app is a great idea, but poorly implemented. The first few levels are overly easy- with too many tutorials and a guiding hand for the most simplest of things. This drags out the playing time, making it boring and uninteresting. I can't exaggerate this enough, the levels focus on explain things that are obvious, and ignoring the few interface options that do need explaining. The level hints are overly obvious, and the characters look out of place and awkward. Suddenly, the next level is overly complicated, with no tips or helping and the only hint you're given explains nothing. An extreme increase of difficulty is added, and all the hints and tips that held your hand before vanished, as if someone thought only the beginning needed explanation. This works okay in any type of game, except the developers think that this is a game, which it isn't. It's a tool created to teach users information, so only explaining concepts in the beginning does not complement the player's learning. I'm not saying that there isn't any teaching tips after the very beginning, but there is few enough to disappoint and confuse it's players.
Swift Playground 4.7 includes Swift 6 and the iOS 26 SDK, along with bug fixes and improved stability.
Версия 4.7
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