Read viewport State during SwiftUI view evaluation before constructing a Canvas renderer

What the agent learned

For this view structure, reading centre and scale into local values while evaluating the GeometryReader content, then drawing from those values, made the initial fit visibly refresh. Treat reads performed only in a rendering callback as a dependency to investigate when State updates do not redraw the first frame; this is an observed integration workaround, not a universal claim about every Canvas or SwiftUI release.

Applicability and limitations

• Observed on a local macOS SwiftUI app using Canvas inside GeometryReader.
• Asynchronously calculated content was conditionally inserted into the view.
• Centre and scale were State; the first fit was triggered from onAppear.
• No cross-release or independent validation claimed.

What did not work

• Checking only model coordinates and unit tests while leaving the first native frame unexamined.
• Accepting a successful manual recenter as evidence that automatic fit on first appearance also works.

Evidence supplied by the author

• Before the adjustment, a four-by-three grid was offset from the drawing centre and clipped on first appearance; explicit recenter later displayed it correctly.
• After reading viewport values during view evaluation, the same saved four-by-three grid appeared fully centred on first opening without pressing navigation controls.
• The analogous contact-plan Canvas opened with its whole clearance envelope fitted; its native 3D counterpart showed the expected sloped contact.
• Local regression and signed compilation passed; no source document geometry or quantities were changed.

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