How to use Swift struct in Objective-C
Sad to say, you can not expose struct
, nor global variables to Objective-C. see the documentation, which states in part:
Use Classes When You Need Objective-C Interoperability
If you use an Objective-C API that needs to process your data, or you need to fit your data model into an existing class hierarchy defined in an Objective-C framework, you might need to use classes and class inheritance to model your data. For example, many Objective-C frameworks expose classes that you are expected to subclass.
As of now, IMHO, the best way is something like this:
let ParseApplicationId = "xxx"let ParseClientKey = "xxx"let AppGreenColor = UIColor(red: 0.2, green: 0.7, blue: 0.3 alpha: 1.0)@objc class Constant: NSObject { private init() {} class func parseApplicationId() -> String { return ParseApplicationId } class func parseClientKey() -> String { return ParseClientKey } class func appGreenColor() -> UIColor { return AppGreenColor }}
In Objective-C, you can use them like this:
NSString *appklicationId = [Constant parseApplicationId];NSString *clientKey = [Constant parseClientKey];UIColor *greenColor = [Constant appGreenColor];
Why not create a file with both a struct
and an @objc class
, something like this:
import UIKitextension UIColor { convenience init(hex: Int) { let components = ( R: CGFloat((hex >> 16) & 0xff) / 255, G: CGFloat((hex >> 08) & 0xff) / 255, B: CGFloat((hex >> 00) & 0xff) / 255 ) self.init(red: components.R, green: components.G, blue: components.B, alpha: 1) }}extension CGColor { class func colorWithHex(hex: Int) -> CGColorRef { return UIColor(hex: hex).CGColor }}struct Constant { static let kParseApplicationId = "5678" static let kParseClientKey = "1234" static var kAppGreenColor: UIColor { return UIColor(hex:0x67B632) } static var kTextBlackColor: UIColor { return UIColor(hex:0x000000) } static var kSomeBgBlueColor: UIColor { return UIColor(hex:0x0000FF) } static var kLineGrayCGColor: CGColor { return CGColor.colorWithHex(0xCCCCCC) } static var kLineRedCGColor: CGColor { return CGColor.colorWithHex(0xFF0000) }}@objc class Constants: NSObject { private override init() {} class func parseApplicationId() -> String { return Constant.kParseApplicationId } class func parseClientKey() -> String { return Constant.kParseClientKey } class func appGreenColor() -> UIColor { return Constant.kAppGreenColor } class func textBlackColor() -> UIColor { return Constant.kTextBlackColor } class func someBgBlueColor() -> UIColor { return Constant.kSomeBgBlueColor } class func lineGrayCGColor() -> CGColor { return Constant.kLineGrayCGColor } class func lineRedCGColor() -> CGColor { return Constant.kLineRedCGColor }}
For use in Objective-C files add this when you need to use constants:
#import "ProjectModuleName-Swift.h"
Swift usage:
self.view.backgroundColor = Constant.kAppGreenColor
Objective-C usage:
self.view.backgroundColor = [Constants appGreenColor];
This way you can update colors, default text, web service urls for whole app in one place.
Though this might be late or redundant, I could make it work with the following code :
@objcMembers class Flags: NSObject { static let abcEnabled = false static let pqrEnabled = false . . .}
Obviously, to use in objc c code, you have to do #import "ProjectModuleName-Swift.h"