Case study

ShatteredGlass: reconstructing SwiftUI Liquid Glass effects

ShatteredGlass reconstructs SwiftUI's Liquid Glass appearance on macOS using a layered Core Animation view. Its documented hierarchy combines CABackdropLayer, CASDFLayer, CASDFElementLayer, SDFPortalLayer and filters for backdrop distortion and edge highlights.

Targets: App
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 45
Last commit: 2025-06-14
Language: Swift

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: macOS with Core Animation private layer types used by the project.
Limits: The basic glass effect is partial, filter tuning continues, and the Liquid Lens effect remains in progress.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{shatteredglass-case,
  title = {{ShatteredGlass: reconstructing SwiftUI Liquid Glass effects}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AlexStrNik/ShatteredGlass}},
  url = {https://github.com/AlexStrNik/ShatteredGlass},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shatteredglass-case/}}
}

Plain text

ShatteredGlass: reconstructing SwiftUI Liquid Glass effects. https://github.com/AlexStrNik/ShatteredGlass (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shatteredglass-case/

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Readme.md GitHub · AlexStrNik/ShatteredGlass · Revision 0ce6e0d