Questions tagged [swift]
Swift is a general-purpose programming language developed by Apple Inc first released in 2014 for its platforms and Linux. Swift is open-source. Use the tag only for questions about language features or requiring code in Swift. Use the tags [ios], [ipados], [macos], [watch-os], [tvos], [swiftui], [cocoa-touch], and [cocoa] for (language-agnostic) questions about the platforms or frameworks.
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Passing data between view controllers
I'm new to iOS and Objective-C and the whole MVC paradigm and I'm stuck with the following:
I have a view that acts as a data entry form and I want to give the user the option to select multiple ...
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How do I call Objective-C code from Swift?
In Swift, how does one call Objective-C code?
Apple mentioned that they could co-exist in one application, but does this mean that one could technically re-use old classes made in Objective-C whilst ...
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How to change Status Bar text color in iOS
My application has a dark background, but in iOS 7 the status bar became transparent. So I can't see anything there, only the green battery indicator in the corner. How can I change the status bar ...
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#pragma mark in Swift?
In Objective C, I can use #pragma mark to mark sections of my code in the symbol navigator. Since this is a C preprocessor command, it's not available in Swift. Is there a stand-in for this in Swift, ...
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Swift Beta performance: sorting arrays
I was implementing an algorithm in Swift Beta and noticed that the performance was very poor. After digging deeper I realized that one of the bottlenecks was something as simple as sorting arrays. The ...
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How to iterate a loop with index and element in Swift
Is there a function that I can use to iterate over an array and have both index and element, like Python's enumerate?
for index, element in enumerate(list):
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#ifdef replacement in the Swift language
In C/C++/Objective C you can define a macro using compiler preprocessors.
Moreover, you can include/exclude some parts of code using compiler preprocessors.
#ifdef DEBUG
// Debug-only code
#endif
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Get the length of a String
How do you get the length of a String? For example, I have a variable defined like:
var test1: String = "Scott"
However, I can't seem to find a length method on the string.
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Split a String into an array in Swift?
Say I have a string here:
var fullName: String = "First Last"
I want to split the string based on whitespace and assign the values to their respective variables
var fullNameArr = // ...
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How do I see which version of Swift I'm using?
I just created a new Swift project within Xcode. I am wondering which version of Swift it's using.
How can I see, in Xcode or the terminal, what version of Swift I am using inside my project?
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@selector() in Swift?
I'm trying to create an NSTimer in Swift but I'm having some trouble.
NSTimer(timeInterval: 1, target: self, selector: test(), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
test() is a function in the same class.
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iOS 8 UITableView separator inset 0 not working
I have an app where the UITableView's separator inset is set to custom values - Right 0, Left 0. This works perfectly in iOS 7.x, however in iOS 8.0 I see that the separator inset is set to the ...
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Convert Int to String in Swift
I'm trying to work out how to cast an Int into a String in Swift.
I figure out a workaround, using NSNumber but I'd love to figure out how to do it all in Swift.
let x : Int = 45
let xNSNumber = x ...
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iOS app with framework crashed on device, dyld: Library not loaded, Xcode 6 Beta
This crash has been a blocking issue I used the following steps to reproduce the issue:
Create a Cocoa Touch Framework project
Add a swift file and a class Dog
Build a framework for device
Create a ...
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How do I check if a string contains another string in Swift?
In Objective-C the code to check for a substring in an NSString is:
NSString *string = @"hello Swift";
NSRange textRange =[string rangeOfString:@"Swift"];
if(textRange.location != NSNotFound)
{
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How to sort an array of custom objects by property value in Swift
Let's say we have a custom class named imageFile and this class contains two properties:
class imageFile {
var fileName = String()
var fileID = Int()
}
Lots of them are stored in an Array:
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UITextField text change event
How can I detect any text changes in a textField? The delegate method shouldChangeCharactersInRange works for something, but it did not fulfill my need exactly. Since until it returns YES, the ...
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Do Swift-based applications work on OS X 10.9/iOS 7 and lower?
Will Swift-based applications work on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)/iOS 7 and lower?
For example, I have a machine running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), and I am wondering if an application I write in Swift will ...
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UIScrollView Scrollable Content Size Ambiguity
Fellow devs,
I am having trouble with AutoLayout in Interface Builder (Xcode 5 / iOS 7).
It's very basic and important so I think everyone should know how this properly works. If this is a bug in ...
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How to enumerate an enum with String type?
enum Suit: String {
case spades = "♠"
case hearts = "♥"
case diamonds = "♦"
case clubs = "♣"
}
For example, how can I do something like:
for suit in Suit {
// do something with ...
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How can I make a weak protocol reference in 'pure' Swift (without @objc)
weak references don't seem to work in Swift unless a protocol is declared as @objc, which I don't want in a pure Swift app.
This code gives a compile error (weak cannot be applied to non-class type ...
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Using a dispatch_once singleton model in Swift
I'm trying to work out an appropriate singleton model for usage in Swift. So far, I've been able to get a non-thread safe model working as:
class var sharedInstance: TPScopeManager {
get {
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Any way to replace characters on Swift String?
I am looking for a way to replace characters in a Swift String.
Example: "This is my string"
I would like to replace " " with "+" to get "This+is+my+string".
How can I achieve this?
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dispatch_after - GCD in Swift?
I've gone through the iBook from Apple, and couldn't find any definition of it:
Can someone explain the structure of dispatch_after?
dispatch_after(<#when: dispatch_time_t#>, <#queue: ...
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Why are emoji characters like 👩👩👧👦 treated so strangely in Swift strings?
The character 👩👩👧👦 (family with two women, one girl, and one boy) is encoded as such:
U+1F469 WOMAN,
U+200D ZWJ,
U+1F469 WOMAN,
U+200D ZWJ,
U+1F467 GIRL,
U+200D ZWJ,
U+1F466 BOY
So it's very ...
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How to check if an element is in an array
In Swift, how can I check if an element exists in an array? Xcode does not have any suggestions for contain, include, or has, and a quick search through the book turned up nothing. Any idea how to ...
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How to add constraints programmatically using Swift
I'm trying to figure this out since last week without going any step further. Ok, so I need to apply some constraints programmatically in Swift to a UIView using this code:
var new_view:UIView! = ...
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Swift: print() vs println() vs NSLog()
What's the difference between print, NSLog and println and when should I use each?
For example, in Python if I wanted to print a dictionary, I'd just print myDict, but now I have 2 other options. How ...
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How do I get the App version and build number using Swift?
I have an IOS app with an Azure back-end, and would like to log certain events, like logins and which versions of the app users are running.
How can I return the version and build number using Swift?
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Why Choose Struct Over Class?
Playing around with Swift, coming from a Java background, why would you want to choose a Struct instead of a Class? Seems like they are the same thing, with a Struct offering less functionality. Why ...
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How would I create a UIAlertView in Swift?
I have been working to create a UIAlertView in Swift, but for some reason I can't get the statement right because I'm getting this error:
Could not find an overload for 'init' that accepts the ...
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Rounding a double value to x number of decimal places in swift
Can anyone tell me how to round a double value to x number of decimal places in Swift?
I have:
var totalWorkTimeInHours = (totalWorkTime/60/60)
With totalWorkTime being an NSTimeInterval (double) ...
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How to determine the current iPhone/device model?
Is there a way to get the device model name (iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, etc) in Swift?
I know there is a property named UIDevice.currentDevice().model but it only returns device type (iPod touch,...
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What does an exclamation mark mean in the Swift language?
The Swift Programming Language guide has the following example:
class Person {
let name: String
init(name: String) { self.name = name }
var apartment: Apartment?
deinit { println("\(...
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Getting error "No such module" using Xcode, but the framework is there
I'm currently coding in Swift, and I've got an error:
No such module Social
But I don't understand, because the module is in my project, declared in "Linked frameworks and Libraries" and in "...
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How to generate a random number in Swift?
I realize the Swift book provided an implementation of a random number generator. Is the best practice to copy and paste this implementation? Or is there a library that does this that we can use now?
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How to hide UINavigationBar 1px bottom line
I have an app that sometimes needs its navigation bar to blend in with the content.
Does anyone know how to get rid of or to change color of this annoying little bar?
On the image below situation ...
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How to find index of list item in Swift?
I am trying to find an item index by searching a list. Does anybody know how to do that?
I see there is list.StartIndex and list.EndIndex but I want something like python's list.index("text").
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Loading/Downloading image from URL on Swift
I'd like to load an image from a URL in my application, so I first tried with Objective-C and it worked, however, with Swift, I've a compilation error:
'imageWithData' is unavailable: use object ...
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Why create "Implicitly Unwrapped Optionals", since that implies you know there's a value?
Why would you create a "Implicitly Unwrapped Optional" vs creating just a regular variable or constant?
If you know that it can be successfully unwrapped then why create an optional in the first place?...
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Get nth character of a string in Swift
How can I get the nth character of a string? I tried bracket([]) accessor with no luck.
var string = "Hello, world!"
var firstChar = string[0] // Throws error
ERROR: 'subscript' is unavailable: ...
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Shall we always use [unowned self] inside closure in Swift
In WWDC 2014 session 403 Intermediate Swift and transcript, there was the following slide
The speaker said in that case, if we don't use [unowned self] there, it will be a memory leak. Does it mean ...
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Close iOS Keyboard by touching anywhere using Swift
I have been looking all over for this but I can't seem to find it. I know how to dismiss the keyboard using Objective-C but I have no idea how to do that using Swift? Does anyone know?
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How do I concatenate or merge arrays in Swift?
If there are two arrays created in swift like this:
var a:[CGFloat] = [1, 2, 3]
var b:[CGFloat] = [4, 5, 6]
How can they be merged to [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]?
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What does "Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value" mean?
My Swift program is crashing with EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION and one of the following similar errors. What does this error mean, and how do I fix it?
Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping ...
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How does String substring work in Swift
I've been updating some of my old code and answers with Swift 3 but when I got to Swift Strings and Indexing with substrings things got confusing.
Specifically I was trying the following:
let str = ...
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The use of Swift 3 @objc inference in Swift 4 mode is deprecated?
Briefly, while using Xcode 9 Beta, I have run into the following warning:
The use of Swift 3 @objc inference in Swift 4 mode is deprecated. Please address deprecated @objc inference warnings, test ...
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How do I write dispatch_after GCD in Swift 3, 4, and 5?
In Swift 2, I was able to use dispatch_after to delay an action using grand central dispatch:
var dispatchTime: dispatch_time_t = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(0.1 * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)))
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Static vs class functions/variables in Swift classes?
The following code compiles in Swift 1.2:
class myClass {
static func myMethod1() {
}
class func myMethod2() {
}
static var myVar1 = ""
}
func doSomething() {
myClass....
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How do I get a reference to the AppDelegate in Swift?
How do I get a reference to AppDelegate in Swift?
Ultimately, I want to use the reference to access the managed object context.
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