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iOS Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals Introduction to Enumerations Enum Methods

Aaron Glaesemann
Aaron Glaesemann
11,303 Points
Posted by Aaron Glaesemann
Aaron Glaesemann
11,303 Points

I'm afraid that I don't quite understand what this challenge is asking me to do.

Final challenge of Swift 2.0 enumerations

Could someone explain what I'm supposed to do in the part 2 of the challenge? I apologize but I'm fairly confused. I feel like I was progressing nicely until this challenge.

Here is the code I wrote in the enums.swift tab:

enum Button {
   case Done(String)
   case Edit(String)

   func toUIBarButtonItem() -> UIBarButtonStyle {
       switch self {
       case Button.Done: return UIBarButtonStyle.Done
       case Button.Edit: return UIBarButtonStyle.Plain
       }
   }
}

 let done = Button.Done("Done")
 let doneButton = done.toUIBarButtonItem()

Thanks in advance and for your explanation and time.

1 Answer

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points
Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey Aaron Glaesemann,

You're really close, there's just a few things we need to look at. This was the HARDEST code challenge for me too.

First, this is an instance method. We need the method to return an instance of the UIBarButtonItem. So, it has to have a return type of UIBarButtonItem.

Second, to create the instance, we have to pass UIBarButtonItem four arguments. You can see these properties defined on the Buttons.swift page in the UIBarButtonItem class. They are: title, style, target, and action.

Third, to get the value of title, we have to access the associated value of the Button type. We can do that by assigning it's value to a local constant in each case.

Fourth, you then return a call to create an instance of UIBarButtonItem for these two cases, with their respective arguments. You can pass nil in for the target and the action.

enum Button {
   case Done(String)
   case Edit(String)


   func toUIBarButtonItem() -> UIBarButtonItem {
       switch self {
       case .Done(let title): return UIBarButtonItem(title: title, style: UIBarButtonStyle.Done, target: nil, action: nil)
       case .Edit(let title): return UIBarButtonItem(title: title, style: UIBarButtonStyle.Plain, target: nil, action: nil)
       }
   }
}

 let done = Button.Done("Done")
 let doneButton = done.toUIBarButtonItem()

The rest of your code is correct. Good luck!

Aaron Glaesemann
Aaron Glaesemann
11,303 Points
Aaron Glaesemann
Aaron Glaesemann
11,303 Points

Thank you! It all makes sense and I just felt a huge rush of euphoria as it finally "clicked."

Moments before I read your explanation, I actually solved it with the following code:

 enum Button {
   case Done(String)
   case Edit(String)

   func toUIBarButtonItem() -> UIBarButtonItem {
       switch self {
       case Button.Done: return UIBarButtonItem(title: "Done", style: UIBarButtonStyle.Done, target: nil, action: nil)
       case Button.Edit: return UIBarButtonItem(title: "Edit", style: UIBarButtonStyle.Plain, target: nil, action: nil)
       }
   }
}

let done = Button.Done("Done")
let doneButton = done.toUIBarButtonItem()

I see now that I wasn't returning an object from the class UIBarButtonItem, I was actually returning UIBarButtonStyle. I appreciate the further explanation as it reinforced my recent realization and will help with retention. This community is awesome! Thanks again!