Vlas VoloshinNov 1
Have you ever noticed how the progressive blur at the top of the iOS Maps app “erases” the labels and icons, and keeps just the base map in the blur, so it doesn’t look “busy”? Has been like that for years, and that’s not how the iOS 26 scroll edge effect looks, so it must be something special…
Show threadGaryNov 3
@vlas is that a beta? The tolerance on mine seems to be much smaller until it fades it out? This is 26.0.1
Show threadVlas VoloshinNov 3
@garyj_co you’re right – I’m running 26.1 RC, where they must have made this masking effect much stronger.
In fact, I can also see it in SwiftUI MapView inside my app, now that I’ve recompiled it with the latest SDK. It’s applied as part of the scroll edge effect there – which makes sense given that navigation bars no longer have solid backgrounds, so masking out map labels improves legibility.
Show threadVáclav VančuraNov 3
@vlas @garyj_co The Maps footer in 26.1 23B83 doesn’t seem to care much :)
Show threadVlas VoloshinNov 3
@vancura @garyj_co haha yeah that makes it look like they removed whatever treatment they used before 26.1 from both edges, but added the new one only to the top edge 😅
And the way the bottom edge looks on 26.0 does resemble just a gradient mask…
Show threadVáclav Vančura
@vlas @garyj_co They will add it in 27.1 :)
Nov 3 at 8:05amWeb