object communication when object is not kvc compliant in Swift - ios

Question

I want to create a custom view that display it when an action occurs (like changed property) on another object (subclass of UIControl)
My approach was it
create a protocol whose UIControl objects can conform
create my custom view in which I can observe my delegate
Unfortunately, it's not work, worse, it's crash because compiler say "its not kvc-compliant"
Bellow, my code :
protocol CustomDelegate: class where Self : UIControl {
func respondeToControl() -> Bool
}
class CustomView: UIView {
weak var delegate: CustomDelegate? {
didSet{
observeIfControlIsPressed()
}
}
func observeIfControlIsPressed(){
if delegate != nil {
let keypath = delegate! as! UIControl
keypath.addObserver(keypath,
forKeyPath: "backgroundColor",
options: [NSKeyValueObservingOptions.new, NSKeyValueObservingOptions.old],
context: nil)
}
}
open override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
print("background changed")
}
}
My question is, how I can re-design my solution to make it
work ?

Answer 1

You addObserver is wrong, the "observer" should be self no "keypath"
Try this:
keypath.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "backgroundColor", options: [.new, .old], context: nil)

Answer 2

You did not read your error correctly.. For example:
protocol CustomDelegate : class where Self : UIControl {
func respondeToControl() -> Bool
}
class CustomView: UIView {
weak var delegate: CustomDelegate? {
didSet{
observeIfControlIsPressed()
}
}
func observeIfControlIsPressed(){
if delegate != nil {
let keypath = delegate! as! UIControl
keypath.addObserver(keypath,
forKeyPath: "backgroundColor",
options: [NSKeyValueObservingOptions.new, NSKeyValueObservingOptions.old],
context: nil)
}
}
open override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
print("background changed")
}
}
class Foo : UIControl, CustomDelegate {
func respondeToControl() -> Bool {
return true
}
}
class ViewController: UIViewController {
let testBlock = UIView()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let view = CustomView()
let button = Foo()
view.delegate = button
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
}
}
Throws an exception:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: '<Meh.Foo: 0x7fc977c1a0c0; baseClass = UIControl; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x608000226480>>: An -observeValueForKeyPath:ofObject:change:context: message was received but not handled.
Key path: backgroundColor
It means Foo is observing foo but did not implement the observeValueForKeyPath function..
Now why is that? Well.. it's because you did:
keypath.addObserver(keypath, //keypath is observing itself..
forKeyPath: "backgroundColor",
options: [NSKeyValueObservingOptions.new, NSKeyValueObservingOptions.old],
context: nil)
where keypath is your delegate.. and is adding observer on itself..
It should be:
keypath.addObserver(self, //self is observing keypath..
forKeyPath: "backgroundColor",
options: [NSKeyValueObservingOptions.new, NSKeyValueObservingOptions.old],
context: nil)
The first parameter of addObserver needs to be the class that wants to do the observing.
That change will cause it to print: background changed.. Don't forget to remove the observer later.