Changes to ObservedObject don't update a UIViewRepresentable

Question

Simplest example below. Works fine in preview (UITextView text updates to "ouch"). But, run it in an app (ie add as rootView by the sceneDelegate), and the UITextView doesn't update.

import SwiftUI

class ModelObject : ObservableObject{
    @Published var text = "Model Text"
}

struct MyTextView : UIViewRepresentable {
    @ObservedObject var modelObject : ModelObject

    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextView {
        let result = UITextView()
        result.isEditable = true
        return result
    }
    func updateUIView(_ view: UITextView, context: Context) {
        view.text = modelObject.text
    }
}

struct BugDemoView : View{
    @ObservedObject var modelObject : ModelObject
    var body : some View{
        VStack{
            MyTextView(modelObject: modelObject)
            Button(action: {
                self.modelObject.text = "ouch"
            }){
                Text("Button")
            }
        }
    }
}

#if DEBUG

var mo = ModelObject()

struct BugDemoView_Preview: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        BugDemoView(modelObject: mo)
    }
    
}
#endif

Answer 1

It looks like some kind of bug of SwiftUI, but there are two workarounds:

1. Pass string as @Binding to MyTextView:

struct MyTextView : UIViewRepresentable {
    @Binding var text: String

    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextView {
        let result = UITextView()
        result.isEditable = true
        return result
    }
    func updateUIView(_ view: UITextView, context: Context) {
        view.text = text
    }
}

struct BugDemoView : View{
    @ObservedObject var modelObject = ModelObject()
    var body : some View{
        VStack{
            MyTextView(text: $modelObject.text)
            Button(action: {
                self.modelObject.text = "ouch"
            }){
                Text("Button")
            }
        }
    }
}

2. Pass string to MyTextView:

struct MyTextView : UIViewRepresentable {
    var text: String

    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextView {
        let result = UITextView()
        result.isEditable = true
        return result
    }
    func updateUIView(_ view: UITextView, context: Context) {
        view.text = text
    }
}

struct BugDemoView: View{
    @ObservedObject var modelObject = ModelObject()
    var body: some View{
        VStack{
            MyTextView(text: modelObject.text)
            Button(action: {
                self.modelObject.text = "ouch"
            }){
                Text("Button")
            }
        }
    }
}