How to load TextEditor with previously saved coreData - swift

Question

I am trying to build a simple notes style app using SwiftUI. I have managed to create an entity (ApplicationQuestion), use a TextEditor to save user input (question.answer) to an attribute of this entity and display this attribute to a view.
However, rather than save and overwrite the question.answer each time I would like to be able to edit it.
I can only find examples doing this with UIkit and the documentation doesn't explain how you can load text into the editor. I can't work out if this isn't achievable with SwiftUI and I need to use a different approach.
The answer composer currently looks like this:
struct answerComposer: View {
let question: ApplicationQuestion
#Environment(\.managedObjectContext) var moc
#State var answerText: String = ""
#State private var currentWordCount: Int = 0
var body: some View {
VStack{
//Title
Text(self.question.title?.uppercased() ?? "Unknown Title")
.font(.largeTitle)
//Detail
Text(self.question.detail ?? "Unknown detail")
.font(.footnote)
.fontWeight(.light)
//answer
Text(self.question.answer ?? "Unknown answer")
.font(.body)
.padding()
//text editor
TextEditor(text: $answerText)
.allowsTightening(true)
.onChange(of: answerText) { value in
let words = answerText.split { $0 == " " || $0.isNewline }
self.currentWordCount = words.count
}
.padding()
// Save Button
Button("Save") {
// let question = ApplicationQuestion(context: self.moc)
question.answer = self.answerText
try? self.moc.save()
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

I assume you wanted this
struct answerComposer: View {
let question: ApplicationQuestion
#Environment(\.managedObjectContext) var moc
#State private var currentWordCount: Int = 0
#State private var answerText: String
init(question: ApplicationQuestion) {
self.question = question
self._answerText = State(initialValue: question.answer ?? "") // << here !!
}
// ... other code
}