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Create Swift formatter

OBJECTIVES

Create your first Swift formatters.

A formatter can be composed of both Swift and Kotlin code.

Object attribute Swift formatter​

In the following example, we want to display an address getting only relevant values that are available in the following object using a Swift formatter

$Obj:=New object 
$Obj.name:="4D SAS" 
$Obj.address1:="66 rue de Sartrouville" 
$Obj.address2:="Parc les Erables, bâtiment 4" 
$Obj.zipCode:="78230" 
$Obj.city:="Le Pecq" 
$Obj.country:="France" 
$Obj.phoneNumber:="+33 1 30 53 92 00" 
$Obj.website:="fr.4d.com"

$Ent:=ds.Employees.get(4)
$Ent.Object_Attribute:=$Obj
$Ent.save()

Here is the manifest.json file:

{
    "name": "objectFormatter",
    "binding": "objectAddress",
    "type": "object",
    "target" : ["ios", "android"]

}

To get the number, the street, and the city, let’s build a custom Swift formatter:

import UIKit
import QMobileUI

extension UILabel {
    @objc dynamic var objectAddress: [String: Any]? {
        get {
            return nil
        }
        set {
            if let newValue = newValue {
                guard let value1 = newValue["name"] as? String,
                      let value2 = newValue["address1"] as? String,
                      let value3 = newValue["zipCode"] as? String,
                      let value4 = newValue["city"] as? String else {
                          return
                      }
                self.text = "\(value1) - \(value2) - \(value3) \(value4)"
            } else {
                self.text = ""
            }
        }
    }
}

Putting all that together, you can save this formatter as a .swift file in the formatter folder and use it in your mobile project.

Architecture

Check out the final result:

Final result