how to use a #EnvironmentObject in combination with a List - swiftui

Question

The code for the basic app from Anlil's answer works fine. If I edit the datamodel to be more like mine, with a multidimensional String array, I get something like:
import SwiftUI
import Combine
struct ContentView: View {
#EnvironmentObject var dm: DataManager
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List {
NavigationLink(destination:AddView().environmentObject(self.dm)) {
Image(systemName: "plus.circle.fill").font(.system(size: 30))
}
ForEach(dm.array, id: \.self) { item in
NavigationLink(destination: DetailView(item: item)) {
Text(item[0])
}
}
}
}
}
}
struct DetailView: View {
var item : [String] = ["", "", ""]
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text(item[0])
Text(item[1])
Text(item[2])
}
}
}
struct AddView: View {
#EnvironmentObject var dm: DataManager
#State var item0 : String = "" // needed by TextField
#State var item1 : String = "" // needed by TextField
#State var item2 : String = "" // needed by TextField
#State var item : [String] = ["", "", ""]
var body: some View {
VStack {
TextField("Write something", text: $item0)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
TextField("Write something", text: $item1)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
TextField("Write something", text: $item2)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
Button(action: {
self.item = [self.item0, self.item1, self.item2]
print(self.item)
self.dm.array.append(self.item)
}) {
Text("Save")
}
}
}
}
class DataManager: BindableObject {
var willChange = PassthroughSubject<Void, Never>()
var array : [[String]] = [["Item 1","Item 2","Item 3"],["Item 4","Item 5","Item 6"],["Item 7","Item 8","Item 9"]] {
didSet {
willChange.send()
}
}
}
There are no errors and the code runs as expected. Before I'm going to rewrite my own code (with the lessons I've learned solar) it would be nice if the code could be checked.
I'm really impressed with SwiftUI!

Answer 1

If your "source of truth" is an array of some "model instances", and you just need to read values, you can pass those instance around like before:
import SwiftUI
import Combine
struct ContentView: View {
#EnvironmentObject var dm: DataManager
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List(dm.array, id: \.self) { item in
NavigationLink(destination: DetailView(item: item)) {
Text(item)
}
}
}
}
}
struct DetailView: View {
var item : String
var body: some View {
Text(item)
}
}
class DataManager: BindableObject {
var willChange = PassthroughSubject<Void, Never>()
let array = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]
}
#if DEBUG
struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView().environmentObject(DataManager())
}
}
#endif
You need to pass the EnvironmentObject only if some views are able to manipulate the data inside the instances... in this case you can easily update the EnvironmentObject's status and everything will auto-magically updated everywhere!
The code below shows a basic App with "list", "detail" and "add", so you can see 'environment' in action (the only caveat is that you have to manually tap < Back after tapped the Save button). Try it and you'll see the list that will magically update.
import SwiftUI
import Combine
struct ContentView: View {
#EnvironmentObject var dm: DataManager
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List {
NavigationLink(destination:AddView().environmentObject(self.dm)) {
Image(systemName: "plus.circle.fill").font(.system(size: 30))
}
ForEach(dm.array, id: \.self) { item in
NavigationLink(destination: DetailView(item: item)) {
Text(item)
}
}
}
}
}
}
struct DetailView: View {
var item : String
var body: some View {
Text(item)
}
}
struct AddView: View {
#EnvironmentObject var dm: DataManager
#State var item : String = "" // needed by TextField
var body: some View {
VStack {
TextField("Write something", text: $item)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
Button(action: {
self.dm.array.append(self.item)
}) {
Text("Save")
}
}
}
}
class DataManager: BindableObject {
var willChange = PassthroughSubject<Void, Never>()
var array : [String] = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] {
didSet {
willChange.send()
}
}
}
#if DEBUG
struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView().environmentObject(DataManager())
}
}
#endif