As far as I read about conditional Views this code should work. But it doesn't.
struct Consts {
static let myCondition = false /* no difference if true or false */
}
struct ContentView: View {
@State var toggle: Bool = false
var body: some View {
List() {
Text("Short Text is in first line")
Text("Second Line Text is a little longer but not much")
if Consts.myCondition {
Text("This is a conditional text. As in: when the user hasn't purchased the option he / she don't need a hint how to use this feature.")
/* } else {
Text("else doesn't help either.") */
}
Toggle("I also have a toggle but it has nothing to do with this.", isOn: $toggle)
Text("Here we have a longer Text. Dont know what to type any more.")
Text("More text which is longer than a few lines.")
Text("Not so long Text")
}
.navigationTitle("Hints & Settings")
}
}
It compiles without warnings or errors. It loads up and displays fine, on simulator and on device. But every time I scroll the List upwards from the end, as soon as this if condition { Text() } should become visible the app crashes with
Fatal error: file SwiftUI, line 0
2021-03-07 06:36:26.548126+0100 WTFif WatchKit Extension[23163:641812] Fatal error: file SwiftUI, line 0
This is not limited to watchOS. It reproduces the same way in iOS, just the Texts have to be longer so that the if condition { Text() } becomes invisible when scrolling.
I have worked around the error with an array, conditional ranges and two ForEach() blocks.
struct ContentView: View {
let myHints = ["Short Text is in first line",
"Second Line Text is a little longer but not much",
"This is a conditional text. As in: when the user hasn't purchased the option he / she don't need to hint how to use this feature.",
"Here we have a longer Text. Dont know what to type any more.",
"More text which is longer than a few lines.",
"Not so long Text"]
var myUpperRange: ClosedRangeInt {
if Consts.myCondition {
return 0...1
} else {
return 0...2
}
}
var myLowerRange: ClosedRangeInt {
return 3...5
}
@State var toggle: Bool = false
var body: some View {
List() {
ForEach (myUpperRange, id: \.self) { i in
Text(myHints[i])
}
Toggle("I also have a toggle but it has nothing to do with this.", isOn: $toggle)
ForEach (myLowerRange, id: \.self) { i in
Text(myHints[i])
}
}
.navigationTitle("Hints & Settings")
}
}
My question basically is: am I not getting it or did I find a bug in Xcode / SwiftUI? Should my code above work? What could I have done different to make it work with the simple list of Texts?
Background: I also have a TabView with an if condition { MyTab() } which works without crashing. Do I have to worry that this might crash in the same way? Should I work around this as well before shipping?
PS: I am using Xcode 12.4 (12D4e)
