Custom init for UIViewController in Swift with interface setup in storyboard

Question

I\'m having issue for writing custom init for subclass of UIViewController, basically I want to pass the dependency through the init method for viewController rather than se

Answer 1

As @Caleb Kleveter has pointed out, we can't use a custom initializer while initialising from a Storyboard.

But, we can solve the problem by using factory/class method which instantiate view controller object from Storyboard and return view controller object. I think this is a pretty cool way.

Note: This is not an exact answer to question rather a workaround to solve the problem.

Make class method, in MemeDetailVC class, as follows:

// Considering your view controller resides in Main.storyboard and it's identifier is set to "MemeDetailVC"
class func `init`(meme: Meme) -> MemeDetailVC? {
    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
    let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "MemeDetailVC") as? MemeDetailVC
    vc?.meme = meme
    return vc
}

Usage:

let memeDetailVC = MemeDetailVC.init(meme: Meme())