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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Refactoring into a Model Understanding @property

Posted by Daniel Brooking
Daniel Brooking
5,164 Points

Custom getter for @property vs init

Why couldn't you just set the predictions array within a custom init method? When you alloc init the CrystalBall class, your predictions array would get generated and populated with the strings, and then the normal getter/setter would work as expected, no?

2 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you could do it that way. I think they did it that way just to show how to use custom getters/setters.

Daniel Brooking
Daniel Brooking
5,164 Points
Daniel Brooking
Daniel Brooking
5,164 Points

Thanks. I've dabbled in iOS dev for a while and this is my first time taking any actual training course. I've always done it via the init but was now wondering if I was doing it wrong. Good to hear it could be either.