Problem saving text from UITextView into Realm (Swift 5) - swift

Question

Trying to save the user's textView.text into Realm. Figured if I call my save function into the textFieldDidEndEditing function, it would trigger my Realm database to save it. Function runs ok (prints "Saved Successfully" when I end editing), but when I close out and come back, none of the data is there.
import UIKit
import RealmSwift
class NoteViewController: UIViewController, UITextViewDelegate {
var textView = UITextView()
var notes: Results<Notes>?
let realm = try! Realm()
var selectedNote: Menu? {
didSet {
loadNotes()
}
}
#IBOutlet weak var theTextView: UITextView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
loadNotes()
self.textView.delegate = self
}
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
self.view.endEditing(true)
}
override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
saveNote()
}
func textViewDidBeginEditing(_ textView: UITextView) {
}
func textViewDidEndEditing(_ textView: UITextView) {
saveNote()
}
//MARK: - Data Manipulation
func loadNotes() {
notes = realm.objects(Notes.self)
textView.reloadInputViews()
}
func saveNote() {
if let currentNote = self.selectedNote {
do {
try self.realm.write {
let newNote = Notes()
newNote.body = theTextView.text!
newNote.dateCreated = Date()
currentNote.notes.append(newNote)
print("Saved successfully")
}
} catch {
print("Error saving note body, with \(error)")
}
}
}
}
Realm File:
class Notes: Object {
#objc dynamic var body: String = ""
#objc dynamic var dateCreated: Date?
var parent = LinkingObjects(fromType: Menu.self, property: "notes")
}
Menu Realm File:
class Menu: Object {
#objc dynamic var name: String = ""
#objc dynamic var preview: String = ""
let notes = List<Notes>()
}
'''

Answer 1

It looks like you are using a storyboard to create your layout.
Get rid of var textView = UITextView() and textView.reloadInputViews() then.
Replace self.textView.delegate = self with theTextView.delegate = self in viewDidLoad().
To check the content of theTextView modify your print statement:
print("Saved successfully: \(theTextView.text!)")
If there is no text printed right after "Saved successfully: " then check Interface builder for theTextView: verify the outlet of theTextView and that this is actually the UITextView you are using (since your app does print something it looks like it is hooked up somehow because otherwise it would crash in newNote.body = theTextView.text!).
I think you also forgot to actually initialise theTextView with notes.body.
Try to modify loadNotes() like this:
func loadNotes() {
notes = realm.objects(Notes.self)
theTextView.text = notes.body
}