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kdion4891
kdion4891

Reputation: 1267

SwiftUI use relationship predicate with struct parameter in FetchRequest

How do I do use @FetchRequest with a parameter passed to a struct?

struct TodoItemView: View {
    var todoList: TodoList
    @FetchRequest(
        entity: TodoItem.entity(),
        sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor(key: "order", ascending: true)],
        predicate: NSPredicate(format: "todoList == %@", todoList)
    ) var todoItems: FetchedResults<TodoItem>
    ...

I have todoList set up as a One relationship of TodoItem via TodoList.

It is giving me the error:

Cannot use instance member 'todoList' within property initializer; property initializers run before 'self' is available

How do I do a @FetchRequest with this relationship if I can't use it in the initializer? Also, should I be using todoList.objectID somewhere here instead?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1990

Answers (2)

malhal
malhal

Reputation: 30575

Another way is to split up the request and results vars (as is documented in the header) and apply the predicate in the results var, e.g.

    let todoList: TodoList

    private var request = FetchRequest<TodoItem>(
        sortDescriptors: [SortDescriptor(\.createdAt)],
        predicate: NSPredicate(value: false),
        animation: .default)

    private var todoItems: FetchedResults<TodoItem> {

         // Setting the same predicate again does not seem
         // to cause a refetch (according to SQL debug output).

         request.wrappedValue.nsPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "todoList = %@", todoList)

         // Here you could also change the sort from a state.

         return request.wrappedValue
    }
    
    ...

Upvotes: -1

kdion4891
kdion4891

Reputation: 1267

Figured it out:

var todoList: TodoList
@FetchRequest var todoItems: FetchedResults<TodoItem>

init(todoList: TodoList) {
    self.todoList = todoList
    self._todoItems = FetchRequest(
        entity: TodoItem.entity(),
        sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor(key: "order", ascending: true)],
        predicate: NSPredicate(format: "todoList == %@", todoList)
    )
}

Thanks to similar answers here: SwiftUI View and @FetchRequest predicate with variable that can change

Upvotes: 12

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