Realm not working after migration - ios

Question

This is the relevant code in my UIViewController:
class HabitTableViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate{
#IBOutlet weak var habitTableView: UITableView!
private var _numOfRowsInSects: [Int] = []
private var _allSections = Set<Int>() //_[0] = 1 -> Morning
private let _timeInDay = [0: "Morning", 1: "Afternoon", 2:"Evening", 3:"Anytime"]
private var _habitsBySection:[[Habit]] = []
private var _whatIsToday = -1 //means no button other than today has been pressed
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
habitTableView.delegate = self
habitTableView.dataSource = self
var error: NSError?
NSFileManager.defaultManager().removeItemAtPath(Realm.defaultPath, error:&error)
let realm = Realm()
//for testing purposes, preload some habits
let habit1 = Habit()
let habit2 = Habit()
let habit3 = Habit()
let habit4 = Habit()
//set up code -- assigning properties and etc.
realm.write{realm.add(habit1)}
realm.write{realm.add(habit2)}
realm.write{realm.add(habit3)}
realm.write{realm.add(habit4)}
}
#IBAction func reloadTableForDay(sender: DayButton){
if sender.tag != getDayOfWeek(-1){
_whatIsToday = sender.tag
_habitsBySection = []
_allSections = []
habitTableView.reloadData()
}
else{
_whatIsToday = -1
}
}
func getHabitsForDay(daySelected: Int) -> Results<Habit> {
let daySelected = String(daySelected)
let habitsOfDay = Realm().objects(Habit).filter("durationByDay_days contains %#", "7")
return habitsOfDay
}
}
I set up the data to be persisted in viewDidLoad(), for testing purposes. However my getHabitsForDay(daySelected: Int) function only returns query result when the program first runs, i.e. when I click the buttons that call the reloadTableForDay(sender: DayButton) function, which in turn calls reload to the UITable, nothing happens and in my console I can see the query returned an empty Result<Habit>. This all happened after I changed my data model (added a property and a class) and performed the migration.
I also suspect that
var error: NSError?
NSFileManager.defaultManager().removeItemAtPath(Realm.defaultPath, error:&error)
could be messing things up, but I'm not sure.
EDIT: Now i'm sure this was caused by migration, as I started a new project and copied over the code. Everything was working fine until I did a migration.
This is the migration code in my AppDelegate:
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
let config = Realm.Configuration(
//You need to increment the version everytime you change your object schema (starts at 0)
schemaVersion: 1,
migrationBlock: { migration, oldSchemaVersion in
//If you want to preserve any data, you can do it here, otherwise just leave it blank.
}
)
Realm.Configuration.defaultConfiguration = config
let realm = Realm()
return true
}

Answer 1

I agree that the line of code in your view controller where you're deleting the Realm file would most likely be the cause of the problem. If you want to delete the default Realm file, it would be much safer to do it before Realm() is called anywhere for the first time.
Realm retains references to itself in memory (So it doesn't need to continually set itself up each time you call Realm() on separate threads), so I'd say it's safe to assume that it's state in memory might be getting confused with the file getting deleted after it was already opened.
If you're deleting the file, simply for testing reasons, I'd recommend deleting it before you set the migration block and call Realm() for the first time.