Get class name of UIViewController in swift

Question

How to get class name of UIViewController Class in swift

In Objective C, we can do something like this :

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Answer 1

A simple way in swift 3 is to write the below code:

for instances:

let className = String(describing: self)

for classes:

let className = String(describing: YourViewController.self)

Answer 2

The property is called dynamicType in Swift.

Answer 3

Expanding on juangdelvalle's answer.

I added this as an extension so that it's reusable and easier to call from any view controller. Also in some cases NSStringFromClass in Swift returns a string in the format like this:

< project name >.viewControllerClassName.

This extension property is modified to get rid of the project name prefix and return only the class name.

extension UIViewController {
    var className: String {
        NSStringFromClass(self.classForCoder).components(separatedBy: ".").last!
    }
}

Answer 4

Use String.init(describing: self.classForCoder)

example:

let viewControllerName = String.init(describing: self.classForCoder)
print("ViewController Name: \(viewControllerName)")

Answer 5

The cleanest way without needing to know the name of your class is like this.

let name = String(describing: type(of: self))

Answer 6

How about:

    extension NSObject {

    static var stringFromType: String? {
        return NSStringFromClass(self).components(separatedBy: ".").last
    }

    var stringFromInstance: String? {
        return NSStringFromClass(type(of: self)).components(separatedBy: ".").last
    }
}