Custom UITextField wrapped in UIViewRepresentable interfering with ObservableObject in NavigationView - swiftui

Question

Context
I have created a UIViewRepresentable to wrap a UITextField so that:
it can be set it to become the first responder when the view loads.
the next textfield can be set to become the first responder when enter is pressed
Problem
When used inside a NavigationView, unless the keyboard is dismissed from previous views, the view doesn't observe the value in their ObservedObject.
Question
Why is this happening? What can I do to fix this behaviour?
Screenshots
Keyboard from root view not dismissed:
Keyboard from root view dismissed:
Code
Here is the said UIViewRepresentable
struct SimplifiedFocusableTextField: UIViewRepresentable {
#Binding var text: String
private var isResponder: Binding<Bool>?
private var placeholder: String
private var tag: Int
public init(
_ placeholder: String = "",
text: Binding<String>,
isResponder: Binding<Bool>? = nil,
tag: Int = 0
) {
self._text = text
self.placeholder = placeholder
self.isResponder = isResponder
self.tag = tag
}
func makeUIView(context: UIViewRepresentableContext<SimplifiedFocusableTextField>) -> UITextField {
// create textfield
let textField = UITextField()
// set delegate
textField.delegate = context.coordinator
// configure textfield
textField.placeholder = placeholder
textField.setContentHuggingPriority(.defaultHigh, for: .vertical)
textField.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
textField.tag = self.tag
// return
return textField
}
func makeCoordinator() -> SimplifiedFocusableTextField.Coordinator {
return Coordinator(text: $text, isResponder: self.isResponder)
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: UITextField, context: UIViewRepresentableContext<SimplifiedFocusableTextField>) {
// update text
uiView.text = text
// set first responder ONCE
if self.isResponder?.wrappedValue == true && !uiView.isFirstResponder && !context.coordinator.didBecomeFirstResponder{
uiView.becomeFirstResponder()
context.coordinator.didBecomeFirstResponder = true
}
}
class Coordinator: NSObject, UITextFieldDelegate {
#Binding var text: String
private var isResponder: Binding<Bool>?
var didBecomeFirstResponder = false
init(text: Binding<String>, isResponder: Binding<Bool>?) {
_text = text
self.isResponder = isResponder
}
func textFieldDidChangeSelection(_ textField: UITextField) {
text = textField.text ?? ""
}
func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.isResponder?.wrappedValue = true
}
}
func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.isResponder?.wrappedValue = false
}
}
}
}
And to reproduce, here is the contentView:
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
return NavigationView { FieldView(tag: 0) }
}
}
and here's the view with the field and its view model
struct FieldView: View {
#ObservedObject private var viewModel = FieldViewModel()
#State private var focus = false
var tag: Int
var body: some View {
return VStack {
// listen to viewModel's value
Text(viewModel.value)
// text field
SimplifiedFocusableTextField("placeholder", text: self.$viewModel.value, isResponder: $focus, tag: self.tag)
// push to stack
NavigationLink(destination: FieldView(tag: self.tag + 1)) {
Text("Continue")
}
// dummy for tapping to dismiss keyboard
Color.green
}
.onAppear {
self.focus = true
}.dismissKeyboardOnTap()
}
}
public extension View {
func dismissKeyboardOnTap() -> some View {
modifier(DismissKeyboardOnTap())
}
}
public struct DismissKeyboardOnTap: ViewModifier {
public func body(content: Content) -> some View {
return content.gesture(tapGesture)
}
private var tapGesture: some Gesture {
TapGesture().onEnded(endEditing)
}
private func endEditing() {
UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
.filter {$0.activationState == .foregroundActive}
.map {$0 as? UIWindowScene}
.compactMap({$0})
.first?.windows
.filter {$0.isKeyWindow}
.first?.endEditing(true)
}
}
class FieldViewModel: ObservableObject {
var subscriptions = Set<AnyCancellable>()
// diplays
#Published var value = ""
}

Answer 1

It looks like SwiftUI rendering engine again over-optimized...
Here is fixed part - just make destination unique forcefully using .id. Tested with Xcode 11.4 / iOS 13.4
NavigationLink(destination: FieldView(tag: self.tag + 1).id(UUID())) {
Text("Continue")
}