How to use UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor as ObservableObject?

Question

In my iOS 14 App, I can register the legacy AppDelegate by doing this:

@main
struct MyApp: App {
    
    #if os(iOS)
    @UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor(AppDelegate.self) var appDelegate
    #endif
    
    var body: some Scene {
        ...
    }
}

#if os(iOS)
class AppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
    
    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
        SomeSDK.configure(with: launchOptions)
        return true
    }
}
#endif

However, I noticed in the documentation you can make UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor an ObservableObject then it will inject it in the EnvironmentObject:

...delegate will be placed in the Environment and may be accessed by using the @EnvironmentObject property wrapper in the view hierarchy.

I couldn't find any example of how this would work. What is the syntax to making this work as an ObservableObject?

Answer 1

Here is a demo of usage

1. Confirm AppDelegate to ObservableObject

class AppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, ObservableObject {
    @Published var value: String = ""

    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey : Any]? = nil) -> Bool {

        self.value = "test" // in any callback use your published property
        return true
    }
}

2. Register your AppDelegate as adaptor as you did

@main
struct Testing_SwiftUI2App: App {
    @UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor(AppDelegate.self) var appDelegate

    // ... other code

3. Declare @EnvironmentObject in some of your view, where needed

struct ContentView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var appDelegate: AppDelegate    // << inject

    var body: some View {
       Text("Value: \(appDelegate.value)")  // << use
    }
}

Tested with Xcode 12 / iOS 14.

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