Apologies if this has been asked before, I've searched around a lot and many answers are from earlier Swift betas when things were different. I can't seem to find a definitive answer.
I want to subclass UIViewController
and have a custom initializer to allow me to set it up in code easily. I'm having trouble doing this in Swift.
I want an init()
function that I can use to pass a specific NSURL
I'll then use with the view controller. In my mind it looks something like init(withImageURL: NSURL)
. If I add that function it then asks me to add the init(coder: NSCoder)
function.
I believe this is because it's marked in the superclass with the required
keyword? So I have to do it in the subclass? I add it:
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
}
Now what? Is my special initializer considered a convenience
one? A designated one? Do I call a super initializer? An initializer from the same class?
How do I add my special initializer onto a UIViewController
subclass?
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var imageURL: NSURL?
// this is a convenient way to create this view controller without a imageURL
convenience init() {
self.init(imageURL: nil)
}
init(imageURL: NSURL?) {
self.imageURL = imageURL
super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
}
// if this view controller is loaded from a storyboard, imageURL will be nil
/* Xcode 6
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
}
*/
// Xcode 7 & 8
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
}
}