How to call extension methods in overrideViewDidLoad in swift - swift

Question

I have the following code:
extension ViewController {
func AddLeftGesture(){
let SwipeLeft:UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(MyDismissOnSwipeLeft))
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(SwipeLeft)
}
func MyDismissOnSwipeLeft(){
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
and What I would like to accomplish is that override the viewDidLoad and
call AddLeftGesture method so that it'll be part of each VC I make
and I don't have to type it again and again in each viewDidLoad,
is this possible? or do you guys have any other suggestions?

Answer 1

well I don't think it's a good idea, because typically viewDidLoad is used for setting most properties and if you would like to override it in a view controller you should write it again.What I can suggest is that to make a base ViewController and add this code in the viewDidLoad of that and then subclass every viewController from the base view controller , This way whenever you want to change anything you just call super.viewDidLoad
class BaseViewController: UIViewController{
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
addLeftGesture()
}
}
class CustomViewController: BaseViewController{
}

Answer 2

Make this class which inherits UITapGestureRecognizer
open class BlockTap: UITapGestureRecognizer {
fileprivate var tapAction: ((UITapGestureRecognizer) -> Void)?
public override init(target: Any?, action: Selector?) {
super.init(target: target, action: action)
}
public convenience init (
tapCount: Int = 1,
fingerCount: Int = 1,
action: ((UITapGestureRecognizer) -> Void)?) {
self.init()
self.numberOfTapsRequired = tapCount
#if os(iOS)
self.numberOfTouchesRequired = fingerCount
#endif
self.tapAction = action
self.addTarget(self, action: #selector(BlockTap.didTap(_:)))
}
open func didTap (_ tap: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
tapAction? (tap)
}
}
then make an extension of UIView
extension UIView {
public func addTapGesture(tapNumber: Int = 1, action: ((UITapGestureRecognizer) -> ())?) {
let tap = BlockTap(tapCount: tapNumber, fingerCount: 1, action: action)
addGestureRecognizer(tap)
isUserInteractionEnabled = true
}
}
Then You can use this as
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.view.addTapGesture(action: {[unowned self] (_) in
//Do whatever on click of View
})
}
Hope it helps!

Answer 3

There's two options AFAIK. Either you can subclass UIViewController and then make all of your controllers inherit from the subclassed one, or you can swizzle UIViewController's viewDidLoad().
I personally would choose swizzling, although it has one disadvantage - it hides the implementation and might be confusing for a new developer coming onto a project. So make sure you document this properly, somewhere in your project README and in the code as well.
Now for some code examples:
Subclassing UIViewController
MyViewController.swift
class MyViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
addGesture()
}
func addGesture() {
// Do what you need
}
}
class OtherViewController: MyViewController {
// Automatically will add gesture because it's a subclass of MyViewController
}
Swizzling viewDidLoad
What method swizzling does is, that it exchanges implementations of your methods. That simply means that the name of your function points at code from a different function. For more information on this topic read this article.
UIViewController+Swizzle.swift
static func swizzle(selector originalSelector: Selector,
with newSelector: Selector,
on targetClass: AnyClass) {
let originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(targetClass, originalSelector)
let swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(targetClass, newSelector)
// If we were able to add the swizzled function, replace methods.
// Otherwise exchange implementations if method already exists.
if class_addMethod(targetClass, originalSelector,
method_getImplementation(swizzledMethod),
method_getTypeEncoding(swizzledMethod)) {
class_replaceMethod(targetClass, newSelector,
method_getImplementation(originalMethod),
method_getTypeEncoding(originalMethod))
} else {
method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod)
}
}
extension UIViewController {
// This function is getting called automatically by the runtime,
// when this class is loaded to perform some additional intiialization.
// However, this has now been deprecated in Swift, so only option is to
// declare a static function which you need to remember to call from
// somewhere, preferably early in your app initialization, like your
// didFinishLaunching function in AppDelegate or even AppDelegate's init
// function. I kept the initialize function in the code as a reference,
// however you would probably want to write it like in the comment
// below, to silence the warning.
//
// class func swizzle()
//
open override class func initialize() {
if self != UIViewController.self { return }
let swizzlingClosure: () = {
swizzle(selector: #selector(UIViewController.viewDidLoad),
with: #selector(UIViewController.swizzled_viewDidLoad),
on: UIViewController.self)
}()
swizzlingClosure
}
#objc private func swizzled_viewDidLoad() {
// Calls the original implementation,
// because implementations are switched.
swizzled_viewWillAppear(animated)
// Do whatever you need
addGesture()
}
#objc func addGesture() {
// Add your gesture
}
}