I am creating a SwiftUI List with Details.
This list is fetching JSON data from Firebase Realtime. The data consist of 5 birds with an ID, a name and an image URL. My problem is the following:
Each time I click on the back button after I navigate to details, the data get doubled every single time, what am I doing wrong? (see screenshots).
I am using MVVM design pattern, I am listening and removing that listener every time the View appears and disappears.
Please, find the code below:
Main View:
var body: some View {
NavigationStack {
List(viewModel.birds) { bird in
NavigationLink(destination: DetailsView(bird: bird)) {
HStack {
VStack(alignment: .leading) {
Text(bird.name).font(.title3).bold()
}
Spacer()
AsyncImage(url: URL(string: bird.imageURL)) { phase in
switch phase {
// downloading image here
}
}
}
}
}.onAppear {
viewModel.listentoRealtimeDatabase()
}
.onDisappear {
viewModel.stopListening()
}.navigationTitle("Birds")
}
}
DetailsView:
struct DetailsView: View {
var bird: Bird
var body: some View {
Text("\(bird.name)")
}
}
Model:
struct Bird: Identifiable, Codable {
var id: String
var name: String
var imageURL: String
}
View Model:
final class BirdViewModel: ObservableObject {
@Published var birds: [Bird] = []
private lazy var databasePath: DatabaseReference? = {
let ref = Database.database().reference().child("birds")
return ref
}()
private let encoder = JSONEncoder()
private let decoder = JSONDecoder()
func listentoRealtimeDatabase() {
guard let databasePath = databasePath else {
return
}
databasePath
.observe(.childAdded) { [weak self] snapshot in
guard
let self = self,
var json = snapshot.value as? [String: Any]
else {
return
}
json["id"] = snapshot.key
do {
let birdData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json)
let bird = try self.decoder.decode(Bird.self, from: birdData)
self.birds.append(bird)
} catch {
print("an error occurred", error)
}
}
}
func stopListening() {
databasePath?.removeAllObservers()
}
}