I'm working with WeatherKit which has a struct called WeatherAlert
. WeatherAlert
has an init method that requires a Decoder:
/// - Parameter decoder: The decoder to read data from.
public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws
I'd like to create an example WeatherAlert to use in a view preview. But I'm at a loss for how to create an object using the method above. How can I create an example WeatherKit object for use in my preview?
#Preview {
//??
let testAlert: WeatherAlert = WeatherAlert(from: ??)
AlertView(alert: testAlert)
}
You can get a JSON from WeatherKit
since WeatherAlert
is Codable
let forecast = try await weatherService.weather(for: location, including: .alerts)
let data = try JSONEncoder().encode(forecast) //Make the JSON
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) as AnyObject) //Prints a string to console
Once you have a JSON you can put it in a .json
file and load it when you need it.
func load<T: Decodable>(_ filename: String) -> T {
let data: Data
guard let file = Bundle.main.url(forResource: filename, withExtension: nil)
else {
fatalError("Couldn't find \(filename) in main bundle.")
}
do {
data = try Data(contentsOf: file)
} catch {
fatalError("Couldn't load \(filename) from main bundle:\n\(error)")
}
do {
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
return try decoder.decode(T.self, from: data)
} catch {
fatalError("Couldn't parse \(filename) as \(T.self):\n\(error)")
}
}
The code will look something like
let alert: [WeatherAlert] = load("WeatherAlerts.json")
The trick with alert
is that you need to get a sample JSON from a place that currently has alerts. So it might help to look at a place on the weather map and use that location.