I am learning to develop apps for iOS from scratch. And I chose SwiftUI to make an app that gets the location of the user, get with geocode the city where he is and with that information obtained, show a list of items that belong to that city from a API.
So, I learned on one hand how to get the location and on the other hand how to display a list. My problem now is that when you run .onAppear(perform: loadData) to display my list, the "city" result is still empty. Evidently the value of city is obtained after I try to display the list of the city.
Both the algorithm I have to get the location and the one I have to show the list work separately.
So my code is:
import SwiftUI
struct Response: Codable {
var cinemas: [Cinema]
}
struct Cinema: Codable {
var _id: String
var cinemaName: String
var cinemaCategory: String
}
struct HomeScreenView: View {
@State var results = [Cinema]()
@ObservedObject var lm = LocationManager()
var latitude: String {
return("\(lm.location?.latitude ?? 0)") }
var longitude: String { return("\(lm.location?.longitude ?? 0)") }
var placemark: String { return("\(lm.placemark?.description ?? "XXX")") }
var status: String { return("\(lm.status)") }
var city: String {
return("\(lm.placemark?.locality ?? "empty")")
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
List(results, id: \._id) { item in
VStack(alignment: .leading) {
Text(item.cinemaName)
.font(.headline)
Text(item.cinemaCategory)
}
}.onAppear(perform: loadData)
}
}
func loadData() {
guard let url = URL(string: "https://mycinemasapi.com/cinemasbycity/\(self.city)") else {
print("Invalid URL")
return
}
let request = URLRequest(url: url)
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
if let decodedResponse = try? JSONDecoder().decode(Response.self, from: data) {
// we have good data – go back to the main thread
DispatchQueue.main.async {
// update our UI
self.results = decodedResponse.cinemas
}
// everything is good, so we can exit
return
}
}
// if we're still here it means there was a problem
print("Fetch failed: \(error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unknown error")")
}.resume()
}
}
UPDATE: LocationManager class
import Foundation
import CoreLocation
import Combine
class LocationManager: NSObject, ObservableObject {
private let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
private let geocoder = CLGeocoder()
let objectWillChange = PassthroughSubject<Void, Never>()
@Published var status: CLAuthorizationStatus? {
willSet { objectWillChange.send() }
}
@Published var location: CLLocation? {
willSet { objectWillChange.send() }
}
override init() {
super.init()
self.locationManager.delegate = self
self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
self.locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
@Published var placemark: CLPlacemark? {
willSet { objectWillChange.send() }
}
private func geocode() {
guard let location = self.location else { return }
geocoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler: { (places, error) in
if error == nil {
self.placemark = places?[0]
} else {
self.placemark = nil
}
})
}
}
extension LocationManager: CLLocationManagerDelegate {
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didChangeAuthorization status: CLAuthorizationStatus) {
self.status = status
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
guard let location = locations.last else { return }
self.location = location
self.geocode()
}
}