Bridging the Gap: Mastering Real-Time AI Camera Feeds in SwiftUI with UIViewRepresentable

Building a modern AI application—whether it’s for real-time object detection, gesture analysis, or live translation—starts with a single, critical component: the camera feed. But if you’ve spent any time in the SwiftUI ecosystem, you’ve likely hit a wall. SwiftUI is declarative (describing what the UI should look like), while Apple’s powerful camera framework, AVFoundation , is imperative (describing how to perform actions). This "imperative gap" is where many developers struggle. How do you bri