Override init method of UIView in swift - ios

Question

class CustomView: UIView {
var subViewColor:UIColor
var subViewMessage:String
override init(frame:CGRect) {
super.init(frame:frame)
}
init(subViewColor:UIColor,subViewMessage:String){
self.subViewColor = subViewColor
self.subViewMessage = subViewMessage
super.init()
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}
I have a class where I want the user to initialize a custom view either by giving properties like:
let myView = CustomLoadingView(initialize properties here)
If the user does not want to initialize their own properties, I want to initialize CustomLoadingView using default properties...
let myView = CustomLoadingView() // this should initialize using default value
However, with this, I am getting this error:
Must call a designated intializer of the superclass UIView

Answer 1

In init(subviewColor: UIColor, subViewMessage: String), you aren't calling the designated initializer (as the compiler points out nicely).
If you don't know what designated initializers are, they are initializers that have to be called by the subclass at some point. From the docs:
Designated initializers are the primary initializers for a class. A designated initializer fully initializes all properties introduced by that class and calls an appropriate superclass initializer to continue the initialization process up the superclass chain.
In this case, the designated initializer for UIView is init(frame: CGRect), meaning at some point, your new initializer init(subviewColor: UIColor, subViewMessage: String must call super.init(frame:).
In order to fix this, make the following changes:
init(frame: CGRect, subViewColor: UIColor, subViewMessage: String){
self.subViewColor = subViewColor
self.subViewMessage = subViewMessage
super.init(frame: frame)
}
OR you can call your other initializer in your class which ends up calling the designated initializer.
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame) // calls designated initializer
}
convenience init(frame: CGRect, subViewColor: UIColor, subViewMessage: String){
self.subViewColor = subViewColor
self.subViewMessage = subViewMessage
self.init(frame: frame) // calls the initializer above
}
As for the convenience method with simply CustomLoadingView(), you have to add another initializer for that. Add this code to your custom view:
convenience init() {
self.init(frame: DEFAULT_FRAME, subViewColor: DEFAULT_COLOR, subViewMessage: DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
}
If you want to learn more about designated and convenience initializers, read about them here and here.

Answer 2

You must call one of UIView's designated initializers at some point in your custom initializer, for instance: super.init(frame: frameX). Your call of super.init() does not satisfy this requirement.

Answer 3

Foe me it was calling a xib that doesn't exist from custom view initialiser in
Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("XibNameThatDoesntExist", owner: self, options: nil)
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Answer 4

Try this:
class CustomView: UIView {
var subViewColor:UIColor
var subViewMessage:String
init(subViewColor:UIColor,subViewMessage:String){
self.subViewColor = subViewColor
self.subViewMessage = subViewMessage
let frame = self.frame
//Or you can use custom frame.
super.init(frame: frame)
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}