My SwiftUI FetchRequest display no items although there is 10 items

Question

This is what I have in code:

struct ServicesView: View {
    @FetchRequest(entity: Category.entity(), sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor(keyPath: \Category.name, ascending: false)], animation: .easeIn) var results: FetchedResults<Category>

    var body: some View {
        List(results) { category in
            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3, content: {
                Text(category.name)
                    .font(.system(size: 12))
                    .foregroundColor(.white)
                Text("x\(category.services.count)")
            })
        }
        .overlay(
            Text(results.isEmpty ? "Nothing here" : "")
        )
        .onAppear {
            print("")
            print(Category.numberOfEntities())
        }
    }
}

On console is displayed:

10

Why there is nothing on the list?

How number is calculated?

extension NSManagedObjectContext {
    static func defaultContext() -> NSManagedObjectContext {
        CoreDataManager.shared.defaultContext!
    }
}


protocol Fetchable {
    associatedtype FetchableType: NSManagedObject = Self
    static func numberOfEntities() -> Int
}

extension Fetchable where Self: NSManagedObject {
    static var entityName: String {
        entity().name ?? ""
    }
    static func numberOfEntities() -> Int {
        let request = NSFetchRequest<FetchableType>(entityName: entityName)
        let context = NSManagedObjectContext.defaultContext()
        do {
            return try context.count(for: request)
        } catch let error as NSError {
            print("❌ Core Data Count Error \(error), \(error.userInfo)")
            return 0
        }
    }
}

I suppose the issue is here, because I don't assign @Environment’s managedObjectContext anywhere. How should I do it?

@main
struct Watch_AppApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
                TabView {
                    TimerView()
                    ContentView()
                    ServicesView()  // how do I assign here managed object context?
                    Text("4th page")
                }
                .tabViewStyle(PageTabViewStyle())
                .onAppear(perform: loadData) //load data, fetch categories from cloudkit and save to core data, is is fetched and saved
            }
    }
}

In addition to `print(Category.numberOfEntities())` could you `print(results.count)` or just `print(results)`, since this is what you display. Show the code for `Category.numberOfEntities()` — workingdog support Ukraine, Jan 14 '23 at 02:02
@workingdogsupportUkraine `results.count` is `0`. I have updated the question. — Bartłomiej Semańczyk, Jan 14 '23 at 11:33
well what do you know, `results.count` is zero. You know now why no items are displayed. — workingdog support Ukraine, Jan 14 '23 at 13:15
Ok, but why it is zero? It should not. There is in core data 10 Categories. — Bartłomiej Semańczyk, Jan 14 '23 at 13:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '23 at 11:37

First of all you have to add the ManagedObjectContext to your view from which you are trying to fetch the data from.

You can add it like this to your view:

struct ServicesView: View {
    // The context for your view
    @Environment(\.managedObjectContext) var viewContext

   @FetchRequest(entity: Category.entity(), sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor(keyPath: \Category.name, ascending: false)], animation: .easeIn) var results: FetchedResults<Category>

    var body: some View {
        List(results) { category in
            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3, content: {
                Text(category.name)
                    .font(.system(size: 12))
                    .foregroundColor(.white)
                Text("x\(category.services.count)")
            })
        }
        .overlay(
            Text(results.isEmpty ? "Nothing here" : "")
        )
        .onAppear {
           print("")
           print(Category.numberOfEntities())
        }
    }
}

To pass the context from your entry view you have to get the context from your PersistenceController, like so:

@main
struct Watch_AppApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            TabView {
                TimerView()
                ContentView()
                ServicesView()  
                    // Assign the context
                    .environment(\.managedObjectContext, PersistenceController.shared.container.context)
                Text("4th page")
            }
            .tabViewStyle(PageTabViewStyle())
            .onAppear(perform: loadData) //load data, fetch categories from cloudkit and save to core data, is is fetched and saved
        }
    }
}

You can find the documentation of Core Data here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coredata

My SwiftUI FetchRequest display no items although there is 10 items

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