SwiftUI gesture state is reset between gestures - swiftui

Question

I have the following code for a simple square to which I attach a MagnificationGesture to update its state with a pinch to zoom gesture.
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView2: View {
var scale: CGFloat = 1
var magnificationGesture: some Gesture {
MagnificationGesture()
.onChanged { value in
scale = value
}
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("\(scale)")
Spacer()
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.red)
.scaleEffect(self.scale)
.gesture(
magnificationGesture
)
Spacer()
}
}
}
struct ContentView2_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView2()
}
}
However this simple view behaves weird. When I perform the gesture, the scale #State property is succesfully modified. However when I then do another gesture with my hands, the scale property is reset to its initial state, instead of starting from its current value.
Here is a video of what happens. For example, when the red view is very small, performing the gesture, I would expect that it stays small, instead of completely resetting.
How can I get the desired behaviour - that is - the scale property is not reset

Answer 1

I was able to get it working by adding a bit to the code. Check it out and let me know if this works for your use case:
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView2: View {
var magGesture = MagnificationGesture()
#State var magScale: CGFloat = 1
#State var progressingScale: CGFloat = 1
var magnificationGesture: some Gesture {
magGesture
.onChanged { progressingScale = $0 }
.onEnded {
magScale *= $0
progressingScale = 1
}
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("\(magScale)")
Spacer()
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.red)
.scaleEffect(self.magScale * progressingScale)
.gesture(
magnificationGesture
)
Spacer()
}
}
}
struct ContentView2_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView2()
}
}

Answer 2

I solved it by adding another scale and only updating one of them at the end to keep track of the scale
Code
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView2: View {
#State var previousScale: CGFloat = 1
#State var newScale: CGFloat = 1
var magnificationGesture: some Gesture {
MagnificationGesture()
.onChanged { value in
newScale = previousScale * value
}
.onEnded { value in
previousScale *= value
}
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("\(newScale)")
Spacer()
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.red)
.scaleEffect(newScale)
.gesture(
magnificationGesture
)
Spacer()
}
}
}
struct ContentView2_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView2()
}
}