4 engineers on Hacker News describe using UIKit first-hand: 1 endorse it, 1 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“configuring that single view controller gets you more or less correct presentation and navigation across all sizes and orientations”
endorse · production · cosmic_cheese · 2026-09-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We migrated to SwiftUI since we thought it will get us out of UIKit hell”
regret · production · lawgimenez · 2022-12-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“My app used UISplitViewController which must be full-screen at all times and must be the root view controller.”
neutral · personal · chime · 2011-09-01 · source ↗ · wrong label?“many times you need some interface elements from UIKit.”
neutral · production · dirtyaura · 2010-10-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?