I have created an actor for the ModelContainer, in order to perform a data load when starting the app in the background. For this I have conformed to the ModelActor protocol and created the necessary elements, even preparing for test data.
Then I create a function of type async throws to perform the database loading processes and everything works fine, in that the data is loaded and when loaded it is displayed reactively.
actor Container: ModelActor {
nonisolated let modelContainer: ModelContainer
nonisolated let modelExecutor: ModelExecutor
static let modelContainer: ModelContainer = {
do {
return try ModelContainer(for: Empleados.self)
} catch {
fatalError()
}
}()
let context: ModelContext
init(container: ModelContainer = Container.modelContainer) {
self.modelContainer = container
let context = ModelContext(modelContainer)
self.modelExecutor = DefaultSerialModelExecutor(modelContext: context)
self.context = context
Task {
do {
try await loadData()
} catch {
print("Error en la carga \(error)")
}
}
}
}
The problem is that, in spite of doing the load inside a Task and that there is no problem, when starting the app it stops responding the UI while loading to the user interactions. Which gives me to understand that actually the task that should be in a background thread is running somehow over the MainActor.
As I have my own API that will provide the information to my app and refresh it at each startup or even send them in Batch when the internet connection is lost and comes back, I don't want the user to be continuously noticing that the app stops because it is performing a heavy process that is not really running in the background.
Tested and compiled on Xcode 15 beta 7.
I made a Feedback for this: FB13038621.
Thanks
Julio César
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.modelContainer(for: MyMode.self, isUndoEnabled: true)
This may work for single model containers, but I have a number of models. I don't see how to enable undo for multiple model containers.
I have an app that uses CoreData and I want to migrate to SwiftData. After following the Migrate to SwiftData session, I only need to point to my old Core Data file to read the old data and convert it to the new SwiftData format.
My question is how do I do this? Maybe worth mentioning is that my NSPersistentContainer(name: "Model") is different to my app name.
Possible Solution?
According to a Tweet by Donny Wals this is done this way:
By default a SwiftData ModelContainer will create its underlying storage in a file called default.store. If you want to change this so you can use an existing Core Data SQLite file, you can point your container to that file instead:
// point to your old sqlite file
let url = URL.applicationSupportDirectory.appending(path: "Model.sqlite")
let config = ModelConfiguration(url: url)
modelContainer = try ModelContainer(for: [
Movie.self
], config)
My Tested Code
@main
struct SwiftData_TestApp: App {
let url = URL.applicationSupportDirectory.appending(path: "Model.sqlite")
let config = ModelConfiguration(url: url)
let modelContainer = try ModelContainer(for: [
Item.self
], config)
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
}
.modelContainer(modelContainer)
}
}
The problem here is that I don’t get it to work in the main app struct. When using this the way described in Dive deeper into SwiftData (at 6:58) I only get the error: Cannot use instance member 'url' within property initializer; property initializers run before 'self' is available
PS: There seems to be an issue with this WWDC session method anyway – see this post.
Hi,
if I have a @Model class there's always an id: PersistentIdentifier.ID underneath which, according to the current documentation "The value that uniquely identifies the associated model within the containing store.".
So I am wondering if it is (good) enough to rely on this attribute to uniquely identify @Model class entities, or if there are edge cases where it does not work (like maybe when using CloudKit)?
If anybody saw some information regarding this, please let me know :-)
Cheers,
Michael