Swiftui - How do I initialize an observedObject using an environmentobject as a parameter?

Question

I\'m not sure if this is an antipattern in this brave new SwiftUI world we live in, but essentially I have an @EnvironmentObject with some basic user information saved in it

Answer 1

Here is an easy way to to it:

struct MyCoolView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData

    var body: some View {
        Observe(obj: ViewObject(id: userData.UID)) { viewObject in
             Text("\(viewObject.myCoolProperty)")
        }
    }
}

With this helper that makes it work:

struct Observe<T: ObservableObject, V: View>: View {
    @ObservedObject var obj: T
    let content: (T) -> V
    var body: some View { content(obj) }
}

Answer 2

Here is the approach (the simplest IMO):

struct MyCoolView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData

    var body: some View {
        MyCoolInternalView(ViewObject(id: self.userData.UID))
    }
}

struct MyCoolInternalView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData
    @ObservedObject var viewObject: ViewObject

    init(_ viewObject: ViewObject) {
        self.viewObject = viewObject
    }

    var body: some View {
            Text("\(self.viewObject.myCoolProperty)")
    }
}