Contents
Introduction 6
What is SwiftData?
SwiftData vs Core Data
Should you learn SwiftData, Core Data, or both?
Frequently asked questions about SwiftData
How to follow this quick start guide
Migrating from Core Data to SwiftData
Dedication
Building a complete project 17
SwiftData tutorial: Building a complete project
Defining a data model with SwiftData
Querying SwiftData objects in SwiftUI
Creating, editing, and deleting model objects
Sorting query results
Filtering the results from a SwiftData query
Working with relationships
Wrap up: our SwiftData project is complete
Containers and context 42
What's the difference between ModelContainer, ModelContext, and
ModelConfiguration?
How to configure a custom ModelContainer using ModelConfiguration
How to add multiple configurations to a ModelContainer
How to change SwiftData’s underlying storage filename
When does SwiftData autosave data?
How to enable or disable autosave for a ModelContext
Defining your data model 54
How to define SwiftData models using the @Model macro
Why are SwiftData models created as classes?
What kind of data can be a SwiftData property?
Using structs and enums in SwiftData models
How to make unique attributes in a SwiftData model
How to make transient attributes in a SwiftData model
How to store SwiftData attributes in an external file
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How to index SwiftData objects in Spotlight
How to encrypt SwiftData
How to create derived attributes with SwiftData
How to index SwiftData properties for faster searching
Creating relationships 76
Inferred vs explicit relationships
How to create one-to-one relationships
How to create one-to-many relationships
How to create many-to-many relationships
How to create cascade deletes using relationships
How to add minimum and maximum constraints to relationships
Working with data 97
How to find a SwiftData by its identifier
How to save a SwiftData object
How to delete a SwiftData object
How to create a custom FetchDescriptor
How to filter SwiftData results with predicates
How to sort SwiftData queries using key paths or SortDescriptor
How to get natural string sorting for SwiftData queries
How to count results without loading them
How to delete all instances of a particular model
How to create a background context
How to add support for undo and redo
How to completely reset a SwiftData ModelContainer
How to enumerate a fetch request to handle lots of data efficiently
How to merge two model contexts
How to make SwiftData models conform to Codable
How to rollback changes without saving
Handling migration 138
Lightweight vs complex migrations
How to rename properties without losing data
How to create a complex migration using VersionedSchema
Building with SwiftData 148
How to connect SwiftData to SwiftUI
How to use @Query to read SwiftData objects from SwiftUI
How to dynamically change a query's sort order or predicate
What's the difference between @Bindable and @Binding?
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What's the difference between @Bindable and @Binding?
How to animate changes to SwiftData queries
How to use SwiftData in SwiftUI previews
How SwiftUI tracks changes in SwiftData objects
How to use SwiftData with UIKit
How to migrate an app from Core Data to SwiftData
How to make Core Data and SwiftData coexist in the same app
How to create a document-based app with SwiftData
How to sync SwiftData with iCloud
How to stop SwiftData syncing with CloudKit
How to access a SwiftData container from widgets
Architecture 186
How to use MVVM to separate SwiftData from your views
How to discard changes to a SwiftData object
How to pre-populate an app with an existing SwiftData database
How to pre-load an app with JSON
How to transfer an object between a background context and the main context
How SwiftData works with Swift concurrency
How to batch insert large amounts of data efficiently
How to write unit tests for your SwiftData code
How to write UI tests for your SwiftData code
How to optimize the performance of your SwiftData apps
How to use SwiftData to store singletons
Solving problems 238
How to read the list of objects that have been inserted, edited, or deleted
How to check whether a SwiftData model object has been deleted
Using launch arguments to debug SwiftData and Core Data
How to read the contents of a SwiftData database store
Common SwiftData errors and their solutions
Afterword 253
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