SOLVED: Preload app with SwiftData objects?

@crebitio

Jan '24

I'm surprised I've not found an answer for this but that just shows how much I do not know what I'm doing. When my SwiftData MacOS Document-based app launches it needs to first check if there is a small set of essential objects present and if not then create them. I have code that queries the modelContext for them and creates them if needed. I do not know how best to invoke that code on startup. The typical first view contains a Table which requires these objects. How is this kind of thing usually done?

  DocumentGroup(
      editing: .moneymavenDocument
      , migrationPlan: MoneyMavenMigrationPlan.self
  ) {
      ContentView()
  }
  .windowStyle(.titleBar)
  .windowToolbarStyle(.unified(showsTitle: true))

Content View is basically managing a set of views:

   var body: some View {
         VStack {
              ZStack {
                  switch selectedView {...

@Obelix

Jan '24

Consider using a better description for ContentView.

When your application's main view loads, you can execute code via the .onAppear() modifier. If your initial database check isn't a huge amount of work, try running it there.

If it's a long, involved process, search the forums and tutorials for async await code. Run your database check in a background thread so you don't bring your interface to a crawl on startup.

DocumentGroup(
      editing: .moneymavenDocument
      , migrationPlan: MoneyMavenMigrationPlan.self
  ) {
      // No! ContentView()
      MyApplicationsMainView()  // <- use a better description
          .onAppear {
              CheckMyDatabaseForInitalValues() // <- Do this after view appears
          }
  }
  .windowStyle(.titleBar)
  .windowToolbarStyle(.unified(showsTitle: true))

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