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Dave Lee
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RACDC – RACify
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Transcript
RACify Dave Lee @kastiglione RACDC 2014
RACSignalify
Stealth Signals • Blocks • Delegates • Notifications • Errors
• Target-Action • KVO • Method Overriding
Bridging the Gap • +[RACSignal defer:] • -‐[NSNotificationCenter rac_addObserverForName:object:]
• -‐[NSObject rac_signalForSelector:] • +[RACSignal createSignal:] • RACObserve()
[RACSignal new]
[RACSignal return:value]
[RACSignal error:error]
[RACSignal empty]
[RACSubject subject]
+[RACSignal defer:] [RACSignal defer:^{ return [RACSignal return:@(arc4random())];
}]
+[RACSignal defer:] [RACSignal defer:^{ // Perform per-‐subscription side
effects. u_int32_t r = arc4random(); ! // Start (and in this case complete) the signal. return [RACSignal return:@(r)]; }]
+[RACSignal createSignal:] [RACSignal createSignal:^(id<RACSubscriber subscriber) { // Perform
per-‐subscription side effects. u_int32_t r = arc4random(); ! // Start (and in this case complete) the signal. [subscriber sendNext:@(r)]; [subscriber sendCompleted]; ! return (RACDisposable *)nil; }]
+[RACSignal createSignal:] [RACSignal createSignal:^(id<RACSubscriber subscriber) { return (RACDisposable
*)nil; }] [RACSignal empty]
AFNetworking
AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = …; [manager GET:URLString parameters:params
success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *op, id response) { // Success-‐y } failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *op, NSError *e) { // Fail-‐y }];
[RACSignal createSignal:^(id<RACSubscriber subscriber) { [manager GET:URLString parameters:params
success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *op, id response) { [subscriber sendNext:response]; [subscriber sendCompleted]; } failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *op, NSError *e) { [subscriber sendError:e]; }]; }]
[RACSignal createSignal:^(id<RACSubscriber subscriber) { NSOperation *operation = [manager
GET:URLString parameters:params success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *op, id response) { [subscriber sendNext:response]; [subscriber sendCompleted]; } failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *op, NSError *e) { [subscriber sendError:e]; }]; ! return [RACDisposable disposableWithBlock:^{ [operation cancel]; }]; }]
Core Data
__block NSArray *results; [managedObjectContext performBlock:^{ NSError *error;
results = [managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error]; }];
[RACSignal createSignal:^(id<RACSubscriber> subscriber) { RACDisposable *disposable = [RACDisposable
new]; ! [managedObjectContext performBlock:^{ if (disposable.disposed) return; ! NSError *error; NSArray *results = [managedObjectContext performFetch:fetchRequest error:&error]; ! if (results != nil) { [subscriber sendNext:results]; [subscriber sendCompleted]; } else { [subscriber sendError:error]; } }];
! [managedObjectContext performBlock:^{ if (disposable.disposed) return;
! NSError *error; NSArray *results = [managedObjectContext performFetch:fetchRequest error:&error]; ! if (results != nil) { [subscriber sendNext:results]; [subscriber sendCompleted]; } else { [subscriber sendError:error]; } }]; ! return disposable; }];
Core Location
CLLocationManager *locationManager = … locationManager.delegate = self; static
volatile int32_t subscriberCount = 0;
[RACSignal createSignal:^(id<RACSubscriber> subscriber) { RACSignal *locations = [[self
rac_signalForSelector:@selector(…didUpdateLocations:) fromProtocol:@protocol(CLLocationManagerDelegate)] reduceEach:^(id _,NSArray *locations) { return locations; }]; ! RACSignal *error = [[[[self rac_signalForSelector:@selector(…didFailWithError:) fromProtocol:@protocol(CLLocationManagerDelegate)] reduceEach:^(id _, NSError *error) { return error; }] filter:^ BOOL (NSError *error) { // Documentation says Core Location will keep // will keep trying after kCLErrorLocationUnknown. return error.code != kCLErrorLocationUnknown;
RACSignal *error = [[[[self rac_signalForSelector:@selector(…didFailWithError:)
fromProtocol:@protocol(CLLocationManagerDelegate)] reduceEach:^(id _, NSError *error) { return error; }] filter:^ BOOL (NSError *error) { // Documentation says Core Location will keep // will keep trying after kCLErrorLocationUnknown. return error.code != kCLErrorLocationUnknown; }] flattenMap:^(NSError *error) { return [RACSignal error:error]; }]; ! RACDisposable *disposable = [[RACSignal merge:@[ locations, error ]] subscribe:subscriber];
RACDisposable *disposable = [[RACSignal
merge:@[ locations, error ]] subscribe:subscriber]; ! if (OSAtomictIncrement32(&subscriberCount) == 1) { [locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; } else { [subscriber sendNext:locationManager.location]; } ! return [RACDisposable disposableWithBlock:^{ [disposable dispose]; if (OSAtomictDecrement32(&subscriberCount) == 0) { [locationManager stopUpdatingLocation]; } }]; }];
AFNetworking
! RACSignal *isReachable = [RACObserve( reachabilityManager, networkReachabilityStatus)
map:^(NSNumber *networkReachabilityStatus) { switch (networkReachabilityStatus.intValue) { case AFNetworkReachabilityStatusReachableViaWWAN: case AFNetworkReachabilityStatusReachableViaWiFi: return @YES; } return @NO; }];
Notifications
UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification UIApplicationWillResignActiveNotification UIApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification
RACSignal *isForeground = [RACSignal merge:@[ [[defaultCenter
rac_addObserverForName:WillEnterForeground …] mapReplace:@YES] [[defaultCenter rac_addObserverForName:DidEnterBackground …] mapReplace:@NO] ]]; ! RACSignal *hasLaunchedActive = [RACSignal if:isForeground then:[[defaultCenter rac_addObserverForName:DidBecomeActive …] take:1] else:[RACSignal empty]];
More… • Use -‐rac_signalForSelector:, everywhere. • Check out the AppKit
and UIKit extensions in RAC