Tag: Why do we need MVC

Why do we need Delegates in iOS and WatchOS?

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Steven Lipton

About two years ago someone asked me a very good question: Why do we need delegates for UIViewControllers? He thought Swift made things easier, but this delegate stuff seems very complicated. Shouldn’t we be able to send a message or initializer between classes? When… Continue Reading “Why do we need Delegates in iOS and WatchOS?”

Category: iOS10, Swift Programming, Tutorial, Watch OS3Tags: Apple Watch, controller, delegates, delegation, model, MVC, protocol, swift, view, view controller, WatchOS, Why do we need delegates, Why do we need MVC

The Swift Swift Tutorial: Why Do We Need Delegates?

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Steven Lipton

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[Updated to Swift 2.0/iOS9 SJL 9/28/15] A Note to readers: This post is out of date. Since Swift 3.0, iOS 10 and watchOS 3 have so many changes, I made a new post wth proper syntax, and a lot better illustrations. You can find… Continue Reading “The Swift Swift Tutorial: Why Do We Need Delegates?”

Category: GUI, Swift Swift, TutorialTags: @synthesize in swift, delegates, encapsulation, Introduction to Swift Classes, model view controller, MVC, segues, Why do we need delegates, Why do we need MVC