Hello all, I've had a heck of a time trying to find any examples online regarding loading images from URLs in swiftUI for MacOs. I have the following example that runs perfectly on iOS, but because UIImage is not available in MacOS, i need a substitue. I read somewhere to swap NSImage for all the UIImage calls, although, while not producing an error, it also never displayed my image... Can anyone shed some light on the mystery?! For the record, i have combined my "imageLoader" and "contentView" files below into one for simplicity.

Thanks in advance!

import SwiftUI
import UIKit

private let _imageCache = NSCache<AnyObject, AnyObject>()

class ImageLoader: ObservableObject {
    @Published var image: UIImage?
    @Published var isLoading = false

    var imageCache = _imageCache

    func loadImage(with url: URL) {
        let urlString = url.absoluteString
        if let imageFromCache = imageCache.object(forKey: urlString as AnyObject) as? UIImage {
            self.image = imageFromCache
            return
        }
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async { [weak self] in
            guard let self = self else { return }
            do {
                let data = try Data(contentsOf: url)
                guard let image = UIImage(data:data) else {
                    return
                }
                self.imageCache.setObject(image, forKey: urlString as AnyObject)
                DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
                    self?.image = image
                }

            } catch {
                print(error.localizedDescription)
            }
        }
    }
}

struct ContentView: View {
    @ObservedObject var imageLoader = ImageLoader()

    var body: some View {
        HStack {

            ZStack {
                Rectangle()
                    .fill(Color.gray.opacity(0.3))
                if self.imageLoader.image != nil {
                    Image(uiImage: self.imageLoader.image!)
                    .resizable()
                }
            }
            .aspectRatio(16/9, contentMode: .fit)
            .cornerRadius(8)
            .shadow(radius: 4)
            Text("test")
        }
        .onAppear {
            let url = URL(string: "https://www.davisenterprise.com/files/2018/09/Red-apples-768x520.jpg")
            self.imageLoader.loadImage(with: url!)
        }
    }
}

struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        ContentView()
    }
}

Change

import UIKit

to:

import Cocoa

Change all instances of UIImage to NSImage

Change:

Image(uiImage: self.imageLoader.image!)

to:

Image(nsImage: self.imageLoader.image!)

And then—very important!—you must allow outgoing connections in your target.

aha! it was the outgoing connections!! SUPER!! Thanks a bunch!