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Natalie - Storyboard Code Generator (for Swift)
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# Natalie

Natalie - Storyboard Code Generator (for Swift)



## Swift



Current codebase is Swift 4 compatible.



Swift 3.x code may be found from [swift3](https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie/tree/swift3) branch



Swift 2.x code may be found from [swift2](https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie/tree/swift2) branch



Swift 1.x code may be found from [swift2](https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie/tree/swift12) branch



## Synopsis

Natalie generates Swift code based on storyboard files to make work with Storyboards and segues easier. Generated file **reduce usage of Strings** as identifiers for Segues or Storyboards.



Proof of concept implementation to address the String issue for strongly typed Swift language. Natalie is a Swift command-line application (written in Swift) that produces a single `.swift` file with a bunch of extensions to project classes along the generated Storyboard enum.



Natalie is written in Swift and requires Swift to run. The project uses [SWXMLHash](https://github.com/drmohundro/SWXMLHash) as a dependency to parse XML and due to framework limitations.



### Enumerate Storyboards

Generated enum Storyboards with a convenient interface (drop-in replacement for UIStoryboard).



```swift

struct Storyboards {

    struct Main {...}

    struct Second {...}

    ...

```



Instantiate initial view controller for storyboard

```swift

let vc = Storyboards.Main.instantiateInitialViewController()

```



Instantiate ScreenTwoViewController in storyboard, using storyboard id

```swift

let vc = Storyboards.Main.instantiateScreenTwoViewController()

```



example usage for prepareForSegue()



```swift

override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {

  if segue == MainViewController.Segue.ScreenOneSegue {    

    let viewController = segue.destinationViewController as? MyViewController

    viewController?.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellowColor()

  }

}

```



...it could be `switch { }` statement, but [it's broken](https://twitter.com/krzyzanowskim/status/611686899732869121).



### Segues



Perform segue

```swift

self.perform(segue: MainViewController.Segue.ScreenOneSegue, sender: nil)

```



Each custom view controller is extended with this code and provide a list of available segues and additional information from Storyboard.



`Segue` enumeration contains list of available segues



`kind` property represent types Segue



`destination` property return type of destination view controller.



```swift

extension MainViewController {



    enum Segue: String, Printable, SegueProtocol {

        case ScreenOneSegueButton = "Screen One Segue Button"

        case ScreenOneSegue = "ScreenOneSegue"



        var kind: SegueKind? {

            ...

        }



        var destination: UIViewController.Type? {

            switch (self) {

            case ScreenOneSegueButton:

                return ScreenOneViewController.self

            case ScreenOneSegue:

                return ScreenOneViewController.self

            default:

                assertionFailure("Unknown destination")

                return nil

            }

        }



        var identifier: String { return self.description }

        var description: String { return self.rawValue }

    }

}

```



### Reusable Views To Improve Performance



Collections and tables views use `reuseidentifier` on cell to recycle a view.



If you define it, their custom view controllers will be extended with a `Reusable` enumeration, which contains list of available reusable identifiers



example to dequeue a view with `Reusable` enumeration with `UITableView`:

```swift

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(ScreenTwoViewController.Reusable.MyCell, forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell

    cell.textLabel?.text = "\(indexPath.row)"

    return cell

}

```



Before dequeuing your view, you must register a class or a xib for each identifier.

If your cell view has custom class defined in storyboard, in your controller you can call directly

```swift

override func viewDidLoad()  {

    tableView.registerReusableCell(MainViewController.Reusable.MyCell)

}

```

You can pass the view instead - the view must define the `reuseidentifier`

```swift

    tableView.registerReusableCell(tableViewCell)

```



If your reusable custom view, you can also execute code according to reusable values

```swift

class MyCustomTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    override func prepareForReuse() {

        if self == MyCustomTableViewController.Reusable.MyCell {

            ...

        }

        else if self == MyCustomTableViewController.Reusable.mySecondCellId {

            ...

        }

    }

}

```



### Colors (iOS 11, macOS 10.13)



Generate an `UIColor` (or `NSColor`) static property for each asset colors used in your storyboard.



## Installation



#### Swift Package Manager



```

$ git clone https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie.git

$ cd Natalie

$ ./scripts/build.sh

$ Binary at path ./Natalie/natalie

```



if you want easy Xcode integration you may want to install the binary to be easily accessible for any application from `/usr/local/bin`



```

$ cp natalie /usr/local/bin

```



#### Homebrew



```

$ brew install natalie

```



You can also put `natalie` executable file at the root of your project folder and keep it under version control. This way everyone even your CI will be able to generate the files.



### Xcode Integration



Natalie can be integrated with Xcode in such a way that the `Storyboards.swift` the file will be updated with every build of the project, so you don't have to do it manually every time.



This is my setup created with **New Run Script Phase** on **Build Phase** Xcode target setting. It is important to move this phase above Compilation phase because this file is expected to be up to date for the rest of the application.



- Select the project in the Project Navigator on the left of your Xcode window

- Select your App Target in the list

- Go in the "Build Phases" tab

- Click on the "+" button on the upper left corner and choose "New Run Script Phase" and copy/paste script:



```sh

# Adjust path to "natalie" binary

# NATALIE_PATH="$PROJECT_DIR/natalie"

NATALIE_PATH="/usr/local/bin/natalie"



if [ -f $NATALIE_PATH ]; then

    echo "Natalie Generator: Determining if generated Swift file is up-to-date."

    

    BASE_PATH="$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME"

    OUTPUT_PATH="$BASE_PATH/Storyboards.swift"



    if [ ! -e "$OUTPUT_PATH" ] || [ -n "$(find "$BASE_PATH" -type f -name "*.storyboard" -newer "$OUTPUT_PATH" -print -quit)" ]; then

        echo "Natalie Generator: Generated Swift is out-of-date; re-generating..."



        /usr/bin/chflags nouchg "$OUTPUT_PATH"

        "$NATALIE_PATH" "$BASE_PATH" > "$OUTPUT_PATH"

        /usr/bin/chflags uchg "$OUTPUT_PATH"



        echo "Natalie Generator: Done."

    else

        echo "Natalie Generator: Generated Swift is up-to-date; skipping re-generation."

    fi

else 

    echo "error: Could not find Natalie Generator at $NATALIE_PATH; Please visit https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie for installation instructions."

    exit 1

fi

```



- add `Storyboards.swift` to the project.



## Usage:



Download Natalie from Github: https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie and use it in the console, for example like this:

```

$ git clone https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/Natalie.git

$ cd Natalie

```



The command expects one of two types of parameters:



* path to a single .storyboard file

* path to a folder



If the parameter is a Storyboard file, then this file will be used. If a path to a folder is provided Natalie will generate code for every storyboard found inside.



```

$ natalie NatalieExample/NatalieExample/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard > NatalieExample/NatalieExample/Storyboards.swift

```



## Contribution



Please submit Pull Request against current development branch.



## Author and contact

Marcin Krzyżanowski



* [@krzyzanowskim](http://twitter.com/krzyzanowskim)

* http://blog.krzyzanowskim.com



## Licence

The MIT License (MIT)



Copyright (c) 2015 Marcin Krzyzanowski



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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:



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