Up until now, it was possible to check in build scripts via the ENABLE_PREVIEWS environment variable whether a build for a SwiftUI preview is being executed.
In addition, it was also possible to conditionally compile code for SwiftUI or exclude it from compilation using this variable.
This no longer works with Xcode 16 and the new SwiftUI Preview compilation!
There is still the option to switch to the old system with the "Use Legacy Previews Execution" setting, but as stated in the release notes, this option will be removed at some point.
Which brings us back to the old problem of not being able to exclude build scripts from preview builds and not being able to prevent certain code from being compiled / add special code for SwiftUI previews.
This is a terrible situation, especially for more complex projects in which precisely the points mentioned are important for the build process.
I seriously hope Apple provides us with another environment variable for SwiftUI preview builds that we can use.
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