- Link confluence: https://kc.sdos.es/x/HATLAQ
- Changelog: https://github.com/SDOSLabs/SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
AppDelegate and the new SceneDelegate are a traditional example of bad code. Lots of line of code that makes so much different things are put together in methods that are called within the application life cycle. But all of those concerns are over.
Using SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate you decouple AppDelegate and SceneDlegate from the services that you plug to it. Each ApplicationService or SceneService have its own life cycle that is shared with AppDelegate or SceneDelegate.
Use CocoaPods.
Add SDOSLabs private "source" and cocoapods public "source" to Podfile:
source 'https://github.com/SDOSLabs/cocoapods-specs.git' #SDOSLabs source
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git' #Cocoapods sourceAdd the dependency to Podfile:
pod 'SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate', '~>2.1.0' If you want support the SceneDelegate add the next dependency instead:
pod 'SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate/Scene', '~>2.1.0' Remember that you need support the Scenes into your app: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/app_and_environment/scenes/specifying_the_scenes_your_app_supports
In Xcode 12 we can include this library through Swift package Manager. There are 2 ways to add it to a project:
We must open our project in Xcode and select the project itself to open its configuration. Once here select the "Swift Packages" tab and add the following repository:
https://github.com/SDOSLabs/SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate.git
In the next step we must select the version we want to install. We recommended indicating "Up to Next Major" 2.1.0.
Finally we must indicate the target(s) where the library should be included.
Include the dependency in the dependencies block:
dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/SDOSLabs/SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "2.1.0"))
]Include the library in the desired target(s):
.target(
name: "YourDependency",
dependencies: [
"SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate"
]
)Let see some code.
Here is how a ApplicationService is like:
import Foundation
import SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate
final class LoggerApplicationService: NSObject, ApplicationService {
static let shared = LoggerApplicationService()
private override init() { }
var window: UIWindow?
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey : Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
print("[APPLICATION]: It has started!")
return true
}
func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication) {
print("[APPLICATION]: It has entered background")
}
func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
print("[APPLICATION]: It has become active")
}
}That's all. It is exactly the same as a AppDelegate. Think of ApplicationService as sub-AppDelegates.
In AppDelegate you just have to inherit from PluggableApplicationDelegate to register the services.
import UIKit
import SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate
@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: PluggableApplicationDelegate {
override var applicationServices: [ApplicationService] {
return [
LoggerApplicationService.shared
]
}
}Yes. That's all. Simple. We recommend that the services be a singleton
The methods of the classes register into variable applicationServices will be called in order every time the AppDelegate trigger some method.
First you need support the Scenes into your app: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/app_and_environment/scenes/specifying_the_scenes_your_app_supports
Make sure you install the correct version of dependency (SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate/Scene)
Here is how a SceneService is like:
import Foundation
import SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate
@available(iOS 13.0, *)
final class LoggerSceneService: NSObject, SceneService {
static let shared = LoggerSceneService()
private override init() { }
var window: UIWindow?
func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
print("[SCENE]: It has started!")
}
func sceneDidBecomeActive(_ scene: UIScene) {
print("[SCENE]: It has become active")
}
func sceneDidEnterBackground(_ scene: UIScene) {
print("[SCENE]: It has entered background")
}
}That's all. It is exactly the same as a SceneService. Think of ServiceService as sub-ServiceDelegates.
In ServiceDelegate you just have to inherit from PluggableSceneDelegate to register the services.
import Foundation
import SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate
@available(iOS 13.0, *)
class SceneDelegate: PluggableSceneDelegate {
override var sceneServices: [SceneService] {
return [
LoggerSceneService.shared
]
}
}Also, you can unify the ApplicationService and ServiceDelegate and share the common code:
import Foundation
import SDOSPluggableApplicationDelegate
final class LoggerApplicationService: NSObject, ApplicationService, SceneService {
static let shared = LoggerApplicationService()
private override init() { }
var window: UIWindow?
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey : Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
print("[APPLICATION]: It has started!")
if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {} else {
loadViewController(window: UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds), text: "Load from Application")
}
return true
}
func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
print("[APPLICATION]: It has become active")
didBecomeActive()
}
func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication) {
print("[APPLICATION]: It has entered background")
didEnterBackground()
}
@available(iOS 13.0, *)
func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
print("[SCENE]: It has started!")
if let windowScene = scene as? UIWindowScene {
loadViewController(window: UIWindow(windowScene: windowScene), text: "Load from Scene")
}
}
@available(iOS 13.0, *)
func sceneDidBecomeActive(_ scene: UIScene) {
print("[SCENE]: It has become active")
didBecomeActive()
}
@available(iOS 13.0, *)
func sceneDidEnterBackground(_ scene: UIScene) {
print("[SCENE]: It has entered background")
didEnterBackground()
}
//MARK: - Private methods
private func loadViewController(window: UIWindow, text: String) {
print("[COMMON]: It has started!")
if let contentView = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateInitialViewController() as? ViewController {
contentView.text = text
window.rootViewController = contentView
self.window = window
window.makeKeyAndVisible()
}
}
private func didEnterBackground() {
print("[COMMON]: It has entered background")
}
private func didBecomeActive() {
print("[COMMON]: It has become active")
}
}Remember that UIWindowSceneDelegate is only support for iOS 13 or above, and you need implement both methods (UIApplicationDelegate and UIWindowSceneDelegate) for support previous versions of iOS
Special care about method func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey : Any]? = nil) -> Bool. This method is called for all versions of iOS, but in iOS 13 or above you can't initialize de main view controller here. Please be sure that you only initialize the view controller in this method for version lower that iOS 13, like the sample
You may want to read the Medium post about Pluggable App Delegate. Basically, you do an inversion of control. Instead of let AppDelegate instantiate your dependencies, perform actions at every step of its life cycle, you create objects that share the AppDelegate life cycle and plug them into your AppDelegate. Those objects are observers of the AppDelegate. Your AppDelegate has the only responsibility of notify them about its life cycle events.
To run the example project, clone the repo, and run pod install from the Example directory first.
PluggableApplicationDelegate requires Swift 5.0 or above.