How to make extension for multiple classes Swift
You could make a protocol and extend it.
Something like:
protocol Animations { func animateHidden(flag: Bool)}extension Animations { func animateHidden(flag: Bool) { // some code }}extension UILabel: Animations {}extension UIImageView: Animations {}
Your method will be available for the extended classes:
let l = UILabel()l.animateHidden(false)let i = UIImageView()i.animateHidden(false)
In a comment, you've asked: "in this case how to call self
for UILabel
and UIImageView
in animateHidden
function?". You do that by constraining the extension.
Example with a where
clause:
extension Animations where Self: UIView { func animateHidden(flag: Bool) { self.hidden = flag }}
Thanks to @Knight0fDragon for his excellent comment about the where
clause.
Best Method to Extend UILabel
& UIImageView
Together
Swift 4.1 / Xcode 9.4
A much better way to do this in your case would be to just extend UIView
. This works because both UILabel
and UIImageView
both inherit from UIView
.
Extension
extension UIView { func animateHidden(flag: Bool) { self.hidden = flag }}
Usage of animateHidden(flag: Bool)
Extension
Declaration of label and imageView:
label = UILabel()imageView = UIImageView()
Actual usage of extension
label.animateHidden(flag: true)imageView.animateHidden(flag: false)
Bonus - Other Classes that many UI Components Conform to
If you would like to have your extension be able to conform with many different types of UI components, there are 4 types that a very large amount of UI components conform to:
CVarArg
Equatable
Hashable
NSCoding
Some of the many UI components include:
UILabel:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UITextField:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UITableViewCell:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UITextView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UITableView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIImage:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIPickerView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIImageView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UINavigationBar:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIButton:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIBarButtonItem:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIStackView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIToolbar:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UITabBar:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UITabBarItem:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIScrollView:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UISplitViewController:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIViewController:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIScreen:
CVarArg
UISwitch:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UISlider:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIAlertAction:
CVarArg
UIAlertController:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIImageAsset:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIDatePicker:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UINib:
CVarArg
UIResponder:
CVarArg
UIWindow:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIRegion:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIControl:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIBezierPath:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIVisualEffect:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UISearchBar:
CVarArg
,Equatable
,Hashable
,NSCoding
UIMenuItem:
CVarArg
UIMenuController:
CVarArg
UIStoryboard:
CVarArg
And many more...
This means that by extending either CVarArg
, Equatable
, Hashable
, or NSCoding
, you can extend most (if every not every) UI component.
Well anyways, I hope this all helps you resolve your issue and if you have absolutely any questions, suggestions, etc., feel free to ask!