How to fix “Cannot convert value of type 'String' to expected argument type 'Text'"

Paul Hudson    @twostraws    February 9th 2021

Updated for Xcode 13.2

This is a really common error, and happens because you tried to use a string where SwiftUI expects to have a Text view. As a simple example, it means creating an alert like this:

Alert(title: "Meh")

There are many places where SwiftUI wants to have a Text view rather than a plain string, so just wrap your strings in text like this:

Alert(title: Text("Meh"))

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