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iOS

Justin Rich
Justin Rich
19,556 Points
Posted by Justin Rich
Justin Rich
19,556 Points

State Management In Swift/iOS

I've started programming in Swift, my main experience has been in web dev w React.js. I'm wondering how state is managed in iOS app development? Is there a way to manage state both locally (say in a component) or across your entire program? I'm wondering this as it's a feature of React.js I love and would like to carry on into my iOS work. Thanks.

Justin

2 Answers

Alex Stevens
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Alex Stevens
Courses Plus Student 9,174 Points
Alex Stevens
Alex Stevens
Courses Plus Student 9,174 Points

Hi Justin, Great Question! Well first of all I think iOS Swift is not alike React.js, Vue.js or Angular. It's a kind of server side language in nature like PHP or Java. However, we can maintain state/data manually in class members, passing them to other viewcontrollers by hooking through segues, and retrieving data directly from local database/storage such as NSUserDefaults, CoreData or Realm etc.

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

With standard iOS development, you don't really work with state in the same way you do with React/Vue. You can do it with RxSwift, though I have never used it and TH doesn't have any courses. Might be worth looking into.