How do you create custom notifications in Swift 3?

Question

In Objective-C, a custom notification is just a plain NSString, but it\'s not obvious in the WWDC version of Swift 3 just what it should be.

Answer 1

I did my own implementation mixing things from there and there, and find this as the most convenient. Sharing for who any that might be interested:

public extension Notification {
    public class MyApp {
        public static let Something = Notification.Name("Notification.MyApp.Something")
    }
}

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                               selector: #selector(self.onSomethingChange(notification:)),
                                               name: Notification.MyApp.Something,
                                               object: nil)
    }

    deinit {
        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
    }

    @IBAction func btnTapped(_ sender: UIButton) {
        NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.MyApp.Something,
                                      object: self,
                                    userInfo: [Notification.MyApp.Something:"foo"])
    }

    func onSomethingChange(notification:NSNotification) {
        print("notification received")
        let userInfo = notification.userInfo!
        let key = Notification.MyApp.Something 
        let something = userInfo[key]! as! String //Yes, this works :)
        print(something)
    }
}