Hello, we are updating our application to adopt the new Liquid Glass design introduced in iOS 26 with UIGlassEffect and UIGlassContainerEffect. Since our minimum supported version is iOS 16, we'd like to provide a visually similar effect on earlier iOS versions using only public APIs. Could you please advise the recommended App Store–compliant approach? In particular: is there any public API on iOS 16–25 that provides a system glass effect comparable to UIGlassEffect? If not, is the recommended fallback to use UIVisualEffectView with UI BlurEffect, plus custom borders and decoration? Would a custom implementation using Metal or Core Image, relying only on public APIs and application-owned content (for example, our chat wallpaper), be acceptable for App Store distribution if it is used solely to achieve a visually similar appearance? Are there any public APIs, sample code, or best practices that Apple recommends for approximating the Liquid Glass look on iOS 16–25 without private APIs? Our goal is to fully comply with App Store Review Guideline 2.5.1 and ensure the approach we choose follows Apple's recommendations.
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UI Frameworks
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