How to consistently separate elements on a HStack - swift

Question

I have a set of elements on a HStack that are composed of a circle and some label text underneath it. These elements have a separation between them.
Everything works as expected until one of the labels is bigger than the circle. Then, the text increases the actual width of the element, making the visible separation between the circles, off.
Is there any way to evenly separate the circles, ignoring the text?
struct Item: View {
let color: Color
let label: String
var body: some View {
VStack {
Circle()
.fill(color)
.frame(width: 40, height: 40)
Text(label)
}
}
}
struct ItemSeparation: View {
var body: some View {
HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 30) {
Item(color: .yellow, label: "Berlin")
Item(color: .green, label: "Copenhagen")
Item(color: .blue, label: "Madrid")
Item(color: .purple, label: "Helsinki")
}
}
}

Answer 1

These two solutions have different compromises. You'll need to decide what happens, for example, if the views will be too wide for the parent view based on the longest label. Option 1 wraps the text. Option 2 makes the view expand beyond its parent.
Option #1:
Use LazyVGrid:
struct ContentView: View {
let columns = [
GridItem(.flexible()),
GridItem(.flexible()),
GridItem(.flexible()),
GridItem(.flexible()),
]
var body: some View {
LazyVGrid(columns: columns, spacing: 30) {
Item(color: .yellow, label: "Berlin")
Item(color: .green, label: "Copenhagen")
Item(color: .blue, label: "Madrid")
Item(color: .purple, label: "Helsinki")
}
}
}
Option #2:
Use a PreferenceKey and a GeometryReader to get the size of the widest View and propagate the changes back up to the parent.
struct Item: View {
let color: Color
let label: String
let width: CGFloat
var body: some View {
VStack {
Circle()
.fill(color)
.frame(width: 40, height: 40)
Text(label)
}
.border(Color.blue)
.background(
GeometryReader {
Color.clear.preference(key: ViewWidthKey.self,
value: $0.size.width)
}.scaledToFill()
)
.frame(width: width)
}
}
struct ViewWidthKey: PreferenceKey {
static var defaultValue: CGFloat { 0 }
static func reduce(value: inout Value, nextValue: () -> Value) {
let nextValue = nextValue()
guard nextValue > value else { return }
value = nextValue
}
}
struct ContentView: View {
#State private var maxWidth : CGFloat = 0
var body: some View {
HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 30) {
Item(color: .yellow, label: "Berlin", width: maxWidth)
Item(color: .green, label: "Copenhagen", width: maxWidth)
Item(color: .blue, label: "Madrid", width: maxWidth)
Item(color: .purple, label: "Helsinki", width: maxWidth)
}.onPreferenceChange(ViewWidthKey.self) { width in
self.maxWidth = width
print(width)
}
}
}