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Is it possible to use an if before an overlay?
The example code shows a blue square with an overlay of text and a highlight just below the text. And if the number in the text matches the day number of the month, then the blue box shows a white border.
Getting the code to work is fairly easy if you only have one if statement, because you can place all objects inside the if. Although if there are multiple if scenarios (such as different border colours according to different situations) the most efficient way (from the perspective of making it readable) would be to insert the if between the Color object and the .overlay.
As a result of trying to make it more efficient I have tried a variety of methods (such as self.overlay etc).
This is the example and shortened code - I have inserted the if statement after the "//" in lines 7 to ten that I think would make it more efficient (to read) if I could get it to work (where I would put a series of ifs):

struct exampleCode: View {
        let textRef : Int
        var body : some View {
                Color(red:20/255,green: 45/255, blue:50/255)
                    .frame(width:50, height:56)
                    .cornerRadius(6)
                //if(Calendar.current.component(.day, from: Date()) == dayRef){
                //    self.overlay(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 5)
                //        .stroke(Color.white, lineWidth: 2))
                //}
                    .overlay(alignment:.center){
                VStack (spacing: -4){
                Spacer()
                Text(String(textRef))
                    .foregroundColor(.white)
                    .font(Font.system(size: 26, weight: .bold))
                Spacer()
                    Color(red:20/255,green: 255/255, blue:71/255)
                        .frame(width:20, height:6)
                }
            }
        }
    }