iOS Developer Interview Questions
Can you give some examples of where singletons might be a good idea?
Suggested approach: It’s very unlikely you’ll join a company where singletons are used extensively, so feel free to say that broadly speaking singletons aren’t great. Once you’ve given up that proviso, perhaps mention that Apple uses them extensively – thinks like UIApplication, for example, are designed to exist only once. Finally, try to give a fresh example of your own, such as creating an app-wide logger.
For bonus points, perhaps compare and contrast SwiftUI’s environment.
Estimated difficulty: Advanced
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