Update Navbars and Toolbars for Liquid Glass

App/Composition/CompositionViewController.swift

@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ final class CompositionViewController: ViewController {
 
         // Leave an escape hatch in case we were restored without an associated workspace. This can happen when a crash leaves old state information behind.
         if navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem == nil {
-            navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .cancel, target: self, action: #selector(CompositionViewController.didTapCancel))
+            let cancelButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Cancel", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(CompositionViewController.didTapCancel))
+            // Only set explicit tint color for iOS < 26
+            if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+                // Let iOS 26+ handle the color automatically
+            } else {
+                cancelButton.tintColor = theme["navigationBarTextColor"]
+            }
+            navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = cancelButton
         }
     }
 

App/Navigation/NavigationBar.swift

@@ -23,22 +23,22 @@ final class NavigationBar: UINavigationBar {
         super.init(frame: frame)
 
         // For whatever reason, translucent navbars with a barTintColor do not necessarily blur their backgrounds. An iPad 3, for example, blurs a bar without a barTintColor but is simply semitransparent with a barTintColor. The semitransparent, non-blur effect looks awful, so just turn it off.
-        isTranslucent = false
-
+        // iOS 26: Allow translucency for liquid glass effect
+        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+            isTranslucent = true
+        } else {
+            isTranslucent = false
+        }
+
         // Setting the barStyle to UIBarStyleBlack results in an appropriate status bar style.
         barStyle = .black
 
-        backIndicatorImage = UIImage(named: "back")
-        backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = UIImage(named: "back")
+        backIndicatorImage = UIImage(named: "back")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
+        backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = UIImage(named: "back")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
 
         titleTextAttributes = [.font: UIFont.preferredFontForTextStyle(.body, fontName: nil, sizeAdjustment: 0, weight: .regular)]
 
         addGestureRecognizer(UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(didLongPress)))
-
-        if #available(iOS 15.0, *) {
-            // Fix odd grey navigation bar background when scrolled to top on iOS 15.
-            scrollEdgeAppearance = standardAppearance
-        }
     }
 
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {

App/Posts/ReplyWorkspace.swift

@@ -118,7 +118,14 @@ final class ReplyWorkspace: NSObject {
             }
 
             let navigationItem = compositionViewController.navigationItem
-            navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .cancel, target: self, action: #selector(ReplyWorkspace.didTapCancel(_:)))
+            let cancelButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Cancel", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(ReplyWorkspace.didTapCancel(_:)))
+            // Only set explicit tint color for iOS < 26
+            if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+                // Let iOS 26+ handle the color automatically
+            } else {
+                cancelButton.tintColor = compositionViewController.theme["navigationBarTextColor"]
+            }
+            navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = cancelButton
             navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightButtonItem
 
             $confirmBeforeReplying
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ final class ReplyWorkspace: NSObject {
     fileprivate var textViewNotificationToken: AnyObject?
 
     fileprivate lazy var rightButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem = { [unowned self] in
-        return UIBarButtonItem(title: self.draft.submitButtonTitle, style: .done, target: self, action: #selector(ReplyWorkspace.didTapPost(_:)))
+        return UIBarButtonItem(title: self.draft.submitButtonTitle, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(ReplyWorkspace.didTapPost(_:)))
         }()
 
     fileprivate func updateRightButtonItem() {
@@ -199,7 +206,14 @@ final class ReplyWorkspace: NSObject {
         } else {
             preview = PostPreviewViewController(thread: draft.thread, BBcode: draft.text ?? .init())
         }
-        preview.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: draft.submitButtonTitle, style: .done, target: self, action: #selector(ReplyWorkspace.didTapPost(_:)))
+        let postButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: draft.submitButtonTitle, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(ReplyWorkspace.didTapPost(_:)))
+        // Only set explicit tint color for iOS < 26
+        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+            // Let iOS 26+ handle the color automatically
+        } else {
+            postButton.tintColor = compositionViewController.theme["navigationBarTextColor"]
+        }
+        preview.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = postButton
         (viewController as! UINavigationController).pushViewController(preview, animated: true)
     }
 

App/View Controllers/Messages/MessageViewController.swift

@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ final class MessageViewController: ViewController {
         renderView.delegate = self
         return renderView
     }()
+
+    private var _liquidGlassTitleView: UIView?
+
+    @available(iOS 26.0, *)
+    private var liquidGlassTitleView: LiquidGlassTitleView {
+        if _liquidGlassTitleView == nil {
+            let titleView = LiquidGlassTitleView()
+            titleView.title = privateMessage.subject
+            _liquidGlassTitleView = titleView
+        }
+        return _liquidGlassTitleView as! LiquidGlassTitleView
+    }
 
     private lazy var replyButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem = {
         return UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "reply"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(didTapReplyButtonItem))
@@ -55,7 +67,13 @@ final class MessageViewController: ViewController {
     }
 
     override var title: String? {
-        didSet { navigationItem.titleLabel.text = title }
+        didSet {
+            if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+                liquidGlassTitleView.title = title
+            } else {
+                navigationItem.titleLabel.text = title
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private func renderMessage() {
@@ -194,10 +212,19 @@ final class MessageViewController: ViewController {
 
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
-
+
+        extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true
+
         renderView.frame = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: view.bounds.size)
         renderView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
+        renderView.scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = .never
+        renderView.scrollView.delegate = self
         view.insertSubview(renderView, at: 0)
+
+        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+            configureNavigationBarForLiquidGlass()
+            configureLiquidGlassTitleView()
+        }
 
         renderView.registerMessage(RenderView.BuiltInMessage.DidTapAuthorHeader.self)
         renderView.registerMessage(RenderView.BuiltInMessage.DidFinishLoadingTweets.self)
@@ -286,8 +313,24 @@ final class MessageViewController: ViewController {
         }
 
         loadingView?.tintColor = theme["backgroundColor"]
+
+        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+            if renderView.scrollView.contentOffset.y <= -renderView.scrollView.adjustedContentInset.top {
+                liquidGlassTitleView.textColor = theme["navigationBarTextColor"]
+            }
+        }
     }
 
+    override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
+        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
+
+        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+            if let navController = navigationController as? NavigationController {
+                navController.updateNavigationBarTintForScrollProgress(NSNumber(value: 0.0))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
         super.viewDidAppear(animated)
 
@@ -299,6 +342,94 @@ final class MessageViewController: ViewController {
 
         userActivity = nil
     }
+
+    override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
+        super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
+        updateScrollViewContentInsets()
+    }
+
+    override func viewSafeAreaInsetsDidChange() {
+        super.viewSafeAreaInsetsDidChange()
+        updateScrollViewContentInsets()
+    }
+
+    private func updateScrollViewContentInsets() {
+        renderView.scrollView.contentInset.top = view.safeAreaInsets.top
+        renderView.scrollView.contentInset.bottom = view.safeAreaInsets.bottom
+        renderView.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = renderView.scrollView.contentInset
+    }
+
+    @available(iOS 26.0, *)
+    private func configureNavigationBarForLiquidGlass() {
+        guard let navigationBar = navigationController?.navigationBar else { return }
+        guard let navController = navigationController as? NavigationController else { return }
+
+        if let awfulNavigationBar = navigationBar as? NavigationBar {
+            awfulNavigationBar.bottomBorderColor = .clear
+        }
+
+        let appearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
+        appearance.configureWithOpaqueBackground()
+        appearance.backgroundColor = theme["navigationBarTintColor"]
+        appearance.shadowColor = nil
+        appearance.shadowImage = nil
+
+        let textColor: UIColor = theme["navigationBarTextColor"]!
+        appearance.titleTextAttributes = [
+            NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: textColor,
+            NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.preferredFontForTextStyle(.body, fontName: nil, sizeAdjustment: 0, weight: .semibold)
+        ]
+
+        let buttonFont = UIFont.preferredFontForTextStyle(.body, fontName: nil, sizeAdjustment: 0, weight: .regular)
+        let buttonAttributes: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [
+            .foregroundColor: textColor,
+            .font: buttonFont
+        ]
+        appearance.buttonAppearance.normal.titleTextAttributes = buttonAttributes
+        appearance.buttonAppearance.highlighted.titleTextAttributes = buttonAttributes
+        appearance.doneButtonAppearance.normal.titleTextAttributes = buttonAttributes
+        appearance.doneButtonAppearance.highlighted.titleTextAttributes = buttonAttributes
+        appearance.backButtonAppearance.normal.titleTextAttributes = buttonAttributes
+        appearance.backButtonAppearance.highlighted.titleTextAttributes = buttonAttributes
+
+        if let backImage = UIImage(named: "back")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate) {
+            appearance.setBackIndicatorImage(backImage, transitionMaskImage: backImage)
+        }
+
+        navigationBar.standardAppearance = appearance
+        navigationBar.scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance
+        navigationBar.compactAppearance = appearance
+        navigationBar.compactScrollEdgeAppearance = appearance
+
+        navigationBar.tintColor = textColor
+
+        navController.updateNavigationBarTintForScrollProgress(NSNumber(value: 0.0))
+
+        navigationBar.setNeedsLayout()
+    }
+
+    @available(iOS 26.0, *)
+    private func configureLiquidGlassTitleView() {
+        liquidGlassTitleView.textColor = theme["navigationBarTextColor"]
+
+        switch UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom {
+        case .pad:
+            liquidGlassTitleView.font = UIFont.preferredFontForTextStyle(.callout, fontName: nil, sizeAdjustment: 0, weight: .semibold)
+        default:
+            liquidGlassTitleView.font = UIFont.preferredFontForTextStyle(.callout, fontName: nil, sizeAdjustment: 0, weight: .semibold)
+        }
+
+        navigationItem.titleView = liquidGlassTitleView
+    }
+
+    @available(iOS 26.0, *)
+    private func updateTitleViewTextColorForScrollProgress(_ progress: CGFloat) {
+        if progress < 0.01 {
+            liquidGlassTitleView.textColor = theme["navigationBarTextColor"]
+        } else if progress > 0.99 {
+            liquidGlassTitleView.textColor = nil
+        }
+    }
 
     private enum CodingKey {
         static let composeViewController = "AwfulComposeViewController"
@@ -397,6 +528,34 @@ extension MessageViewController: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
     }
 }
 
+extension MessageViewController: UIScrollViewDelegate {
+    func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
+        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
+            let topInset = scrollView.adjustedContentInset.top
+            let currentOffset = scrollView.contentOffset.y
+            let topPosition = -topInset
+
+            let transitionDistance: CGFloat = 30.0
+
+            let progress: CGFloat
+            if currentOffset <= topPosition {
+                progress = 0.0
+            } else if currentOffset >= topPosition + transitionDistance {
+                progress = 1.0
+            } else {
+                let distanceFromTop = currentOffset - topPosition
+                progress = distanceFromTop / transitionDistance
+            }
+
+            if let navController = navigationController as? NavigationController {
+                navController.updateNavigationBarTintForScrollProgress(NSNumber(value: Float(progress)))
+            }
+
+            updateTitleViewTextColorForScrollProgress(progress)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 extension MessageViewController: UIViewControllerRestoration {
     static func viewController(withRestorationIdentifierPath identifierComponents: [String], coder: NSCoder) -> UIViewController? {
         guard let messageKey = coder.decodeObject(of: PrivateMessageKey.self, forKey: CodingKey.message) else {

App/View Controllers/Posts/GradientView.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//  GradientView.swift
+//
+//  Copyright 2025 Awful Contributors. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US
+
+import AwfulTheming
+import UIKit
+
+/// A UIView subclass that uses CAGradientLayer as its backing layer.
+final class GradientView: UIView {
+
+    override class var layerClass: AnyClass {
+        CAGradientLayer.self
+    }
+
+    private var gradientLayer: CAGradientLayer {
+        layer as! CAGradientLayer
+    }
+
+    override init(frame: CGRect) {
+        super.init(frame: frame)
+        configureGradient()
+    }
+
+    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
+        super.init(coder: coder)
+        configureGradient()
+    }
+
+    private func configureGradient() {
+        let isDarkMode = Theme.defaultTheme()[string: "mode"] == "dark"
+
+        if isDarkMode {
+            gradientLayer.colors = [
+                UIColor.black.cgColor,
+                UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.8).cgColor,
+                UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.4).cgColor,
+                UIColor.clear.cgColor
+            ]
+            gradientLayer.locations = [0.0, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0]
+        } else {
+            gradientLayer.colors = [
+                UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.8).cgColor,
+                UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.6).cgColor,
+                UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.2).cgColor,
+                UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.02).cgColor,
+                UIColor.clear.cgColor
+            ]
+            gradientLayer.locations = [0.0, 0.4, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0]
+        }
+
+        gradientLayer.startPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.0)
+        gradientLayer.endPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 1.0)
+    }
+
+    func themeDidChange() {
+        configureGradient()
+    }
+}

App/View Controllers/Posts/PostsPageRefreshSpinnerView.swift

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ final class PostsPageRefreshSpinnerView: UIView, PostsPageRefreshControlContent
         arrows.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor).isActive = true
         arrows.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor).isActive = true
         arrows.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true
+        alpha = 0.0
     }
 
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
@@ -90,6 +91,27 @@ final class PostsPageRefreshSpinnerView: UIView, PostsPageRefreshControlContent
     var state: PostsPageView.RefreshControlState = .ready {
         didSet {
             transition(from: oldValue, to: state)
+
+            switch state {
+            case .ready, .disabled:
+                UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2) {
+                    self.alpha = 0.0
+                }
+
+            case .armed(let triggeredFraction):
+                let targetAlpha = min(1.0, triggeredFraction * 2)
+                UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.1) {
+                    self.alpha = targetAlpha
+                }
+
+            case .triggered, .refreshing:
+                UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2) {
+                    self.alpha = 1.0
+                }
+
+            case .awaitingScrollEnd:
+                break
+            }
         }
     }
 }