Access Core Data ModelContainer with SwiftData

Question

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.

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Answer 1

This worked:

@main
struct SwiftDataFlashCardSample: App {
   let container: ModelContainer
   
   init() {
      let schema = Schema([Card.self])
      let config = ModelConfiguration(schema: schema, cloudKitContainerIdentifier: "iCloud.org.your.name")
      var contain: ModelContainer? = nil
      do {
         contain = try ModelContainer(for: schema, config)
      } catch {
         print("couldn't create ModelContainer()")
      }
      self.container = contain!
   }
   var body: some Scene {
      WindowGroup {
         ContentView()
      }
      .modelContainer(container)
   }
}

and, as normal, add Capabilities iCloud.cloudKit and BackgroundModes.Remote notifications.

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Access Core Data ModelContainer with SwiftData

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