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3,719 PointsOverriding Inits (Swift)
Hi, I am confused with when you should override an init value from a superclass, and then when you should use super.init. I tried reading up on it in the docs but their explanation was kind of confusing.
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iOS Development Techdegree Student 4,092 PointsFrom my understanding, If your init implementation is the same with the superclass, you need to override the init method. And you use super.init to call the init implementation of the superclass. Remember that every time you call a super.FunctionNameHere, it's calling from the superclass.