Swift 5 - Email Class Helper / Manager - ios

Question

Edit:
Big thanks to Paulw11 for helping me solve this issue. I've added the full code here for easy reuse:
Class:
import UIKit
import MessageUI
struct Feedback {
let recipients: [String]
let subject: String
let body: String
let footer: String
}
class FeedbackManager: NSObject, MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
private var feedback: Feedback
private var completion: ((Result<MFMailComposeResult,Error>)->Void)?
override init() {
fatalError("Use FeedbackManager(feedback:)")
}
init?(feedback: Feedback) {
guard MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() else {
return nil
}
self.feedback = feedback
}
func send(on viewController: UIViewController, completion:(#escaping(Result<MFMailComposeResult,Error>)->Void)) {
let mailVC = MFMailComposeViewController()
self.completion = completion
mailVC.mailComposeDelegate = self
mailVC.setToRecipients(feedback.recipients)
mailVC.setSubject(feedback.subject)
mailVC.setMessageBody("<p>\(feedback.body)<br><br><br><br><br>\(feedback.footer)</p>", isHTML: true)
viewController.present(mailVC, animated:true)
}
func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
if let error = error {
completion?(.failure(error))
controller.dismiss(animated: true)
} else {
completion?(.success(result))
controller.dismiss(animated: true)
}
}
}
In View Controller:
Add Variable:
var feedbackManager: FeedbackManager?
Use:
let feedback = Feedback(recipients: "String", subject: "String", body: "Body", footer: "String")
if let feedManager = FeedbackManager(feedback: feedback) {
self.feedbackManager = feedManager
self.feedbackManager?.send(on: self) { [weak self] result in
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
print("error: ", error.localizedDescription)
// Do something with the error
case .success(let mailResult):
print("Success")
// Do something with the result
}
self?.feedbackManager = nil
}
} else { // Cant Send Email: // Added UI Alert:
let failedMenu = UIAlertController(title: "String", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
let okAlert = UIAlertAction(title: "String", style: .default)
failedMenu.addAction(okAlert)
present(failedMenu, animated: true)
}
I'm trying to make a class that handles initializing a MFMailComposeViewController to send an email inside of the app.
I'm having issues making it work. Well, rather making it not crash if it doesn't work.
class:
import UIKit
import MessageUI
struct Feedback {
let recipients = "String"
let subject: String
let body: String
}
class FeedbackManager: MFMailComposeViewController, MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
func sendEmail(feedback: Feedback) {
if MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() {
self.mailComposeDelegate = self
self.setToRecipients([feedback.recipients])
self.setSubject("Feedback: \(feedback.subject)")
self.setMessageBody("<p>\(feedback.body)</p>", isHTML: true)
} else {
print("else:")
mailFailed()
}
}
func mailFailed() {
print("mailFailed():")
let failedMenu = UIAlertController(title: "Please Email Me!", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
let okAlert = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok!", style: .default)
failedMenu.addAction(okAlert)
self.present(failedMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
controller.dismiss(animated: true)
}
}
And then calling it from a different view controller:
let feedbackManager = FeedbackManager()
feedbackManager.sendEmail(feedback: Feedback(subject: "String", body: "String"))
self.present(feedbackManager, animated: true, completion: nil)
tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
The above works just fine if MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() == true. The problem I'm facing is that if canSendMail() is not true, then the class obviously cant initialize and crashes. Which makes sense.
Error:
Unable to initialize due to + [MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail] returns NO.
I'm not sure where to go from here on how to get this working. I've tried changing FeedbackManager from MFMailComposeViewController to a UIViewController. And that seems to work but because it's adding a view on the stack, it's causing a weird graphical display.
The other thing I could do is import MessageUI, and conform to MFMailComposeViewController for every controller I want to be able to send an email from. So that I can check against canSendMail() before trying to initialize FeedbackManager(). But that also doesn't seem like the best answer.
How else can I get this working?
EDIT:
I've gotten the code to work with this however, there is an ugly transition with the addition of the view onto the stack before it presents the MFMailComposeViewController.
class FeedbackManager: UIViewController, MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
func sendEmail(feedback: Feedback, presentingViewController: UIViewController) -> UIViewController {
if MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() {
let mail = MFMailComposeViewController()
mail.mailComposeDelegate = self
mail.setToRecipients([feedback.recipients])
mail.setSubject("Feedback: \(feedback.subject)")
mail.setMessageBody("<p>\(feedback.body)</p>", isHTML: true)
present(mail, animated: true)
return self
} else {
print("else:")
return mailFailed(presentingViewController: presentingViewController)
}
}
func mailFailed(presentingViewController: UIViewController) -> UIViewController {
print("mailFailed():")
let failedMenu = UIAlertController(title: "Please Email Me!", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
let okAlert = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok!", style: .default)
failedMenu.addAction(okAlert)
return failedMenu
}
func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
controller.dismiss(animated: true)
self.dismiss(animated: false)
}
}

Answer 1

Subclassing MFMailComposeViewController is the wrong approach. This class is intended to be used "as-is". You can build a wrapper class if you like:
struct Feedback {
let recipients = "String"
let subject: String
let body: String
}
class FeedbackManager: NSObject, MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
private var feedback: Feedback
private var completion: ((Result<MFMailComposeResult,Error>)->Void)?
override init() {
fatalError("Use FeedbackManager(feedback:)")
}
init?(feedback: Feedback) {
guard MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() else {
return nil
}
self.feedback = feedback
}
func send(on viewController: UIViewController, completion:(#escaping(Result<MFMailComposeResult,Error>)->Void)) {
let mailVC = MFMailComposeViewController()
self.completion = completion
mailVC.mailComposeDelegate = self
mailVC.setToRecipients([feedback.recipients])
mailVC.setSubject("Feedback: \(feedback.subject)")
mailVC.setMessageBody("<p>\(feedback.body)</p>", isHTML: true)
viewController.present(mailVC, animated:true)
}
func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
if let error = error {
completion?(.failure(error))
} else {
completion?(.success(result))
}
}
}
And then to use it from a view controller:
let feedback = Feedback(subject: "String", body: "Body")
if let feedbackMgr = FeedbackManager(feedback: feedback) {
self.feedbackManager = feedbackMgr
feedback.send(on: self) { [weak self], result in
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
// Do something with the error
case .success(let mailResult):
// Do something with the result
}
self.feedbackManager = nil
}
} else {
// Can't send email
}
You will need to hold a strong reference to the FeedbackManager in a property otherwise it will be released as soon as the containing function exits. My code above refers to a property
var feedbackManager: FeedbackManager?
While this will work, a better UX is if you check canSendMail directly and disable/hide the UI component that allows them to send feedback

Answer 2

Solved this by first adding a class that checks if .canSendMail is true. If it is, it then taps into the postal sending class to present the MFMailComposeViewController.
This is the only workaround I've come up with that allows MFMailComposeViewController to be it's own MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate. While also preventing a crash if .canSendMail = false.
import UIKit
import MessageUI
struct Feedback {
let recipients = ["Strings"]
let subject: String
let body: String
}
class FeedbackManager {
func tryMail() -> Bool {
if MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() {
return true
} else {
return false
}
}
func mailFailed() -> UIViewController {
let failedMenu = UIAlertController(title: "Please Email Me!", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
let okAlert = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok!", style: .default)
failedMenu.addAction(okAlert)
return failedMenu
}
}
class PostalManager: MFMailComposeViewController, MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
func sendEmail(feedback: Feedback) -> MFMailComposeViewController {
if MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() {
self.mailComposeDelegate = self
self.setToRecipients(feedback.recipients)
self.setSubject("Feedback: \(feedback.subject)")
self.setMessageBody("<p>\(feedback.body)</p>", isHTML: true)
}
return self
}
func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
controller.dismiss(animated: true)
}
}
Called with:
let feedbackManager = FeedbackManager()
let feedback = Feedback(subject: "String", body: "Body")
switch feedbackManager.tryMail() {
case true:
let postalManager = PostalManager()
present(postalManager.sendEmail(feedback: feedback), animated: true)
case false:
present(feedbackManager.mailFailed(), animated: true)
}

Answer 3

You can change the code as follows.
struct Feedback {
let recipients = "String"
let subject: String
let body: String
}
class FeedbackManager: NSObject, MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
func sendEmail(presentingViewController: UIViewController)) {
if MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() {
let mail = MFMailComposeViewController()
mail.mailComposeDelegate = self
mail.setToRecipients([feedback.recipients])
mail.setSubject("Feedback: \(feedback.subject)")
mail.setMessageBody("<p>\(feedback.body)</p>", isHTML: true)
presentingViewController.present(mail, animated: true)
} else {
print("else:")
mailFailed(presentingViewController: presentingViewController)
}
}
func mailFailed(presentingViewController: UIViewController) {
print("mailFailed():")
let failedMenu = UIAlertController(title: "Please Email Me!", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
let okAlert = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok!", style: .default)
failedMenu.addAction(okAlert)
presentingViewController.present(failedMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
controller.dismiss(animated: true)
}
}
Now, mailComposer can be opened as follows from another UIViewController class.
let feedbackManager = FeedbackManager()
feedbackManager.sendEmail(presentingViewController: self)
Hope it helps