Swift class inheritance initializer error - swift

Question

What do I need to add to extend the UserModel with AuthenticatedUserModel without getting this error?
// 'required' initializer 'init(from:)' must be provided by subclass of 'UserModel'
I know I can also just add the accessToken to the UserModel as optional but I want to understand what's going on so I can understand swift a bit better?
class UserModel: Codable, Identifiable, ObservableObject {
let id: Int
let firstName: String?
let lastName: String?
let username: String?
let bio: String?
let theme: String?
let imageSrc: String?
let interests: [String]?
let followerCount: Int?
let following: Bool?
let followingCount: Int?
let hasCompletedRegistration: Bool?
let isPrivate: Bool?
let readerMode: Bool?
let isActive: Bool?
let isVerified: Bool?
let isSuspended: Bool?
let isAdmin: Bool?
let isFollowing: Bool?
let createdAt: String?
let updatedAt: String?
init(id: Int, firstName: String, lastName: String, bio: String) {
self.id = id
self.firstName = firstName
self.lastName = lastName
self.username = ""
self.bio = ""
self.theme = ""
self.imageSrc = ""
self.interests = [""]
self.followerCount = 0
self.following = false
self.followingCount = 0
self.hasCompletedRegistration = true
self.isPrivate = false
self.readerMode = true
self.isActive = true
self.isVerified = false
self.isSuspended = false
self.isAdmin = false
self.isFollowing = false
self.createdAt = ""
self.updatedAt = ""
}
var name: String {
return "\(firstName ?? "") \(lastName ?? "")"
}
}
class AuthenticatedUserModel: UserModel {
let accessToken: String?
override init(id: Int, firstName: String, lastName: String, bio: String) {
self.accessToken = nil
super.init(id: id, firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName, bio: bio)
}
}

Answer 1

The Decodable protocol requires the implementation of the method init(from:). Cause of adding a new property the automatically created init(from:) method of the parent class is not inherited. This happens cause the inherited method can not initialize the new property from the child class.
Therefore the solution is to add the required method. For example like this (untested code)
required init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
accessToken = try decoder.singleValueContainer().decode(String.self)
try super.init(from: decoder)
}