Having Trouble passing a ButtonStyle as a parameter to a func

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ARandomDev OP

Created Dec ’22

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I have a SwiftUI View where the body looks like this

             VStack {
                  VStack(spacing: 4) {
                    Text("Outline")
                    Button("Tap Me") {
                      print("tapped")
                    }
                    .buttonStyle(.outline)
                  }
                  VStack(spacing: 4) {
                    Text("Simple")
                    Button("Tap Me") {
                      print("tapped")
                    }
                    .buttonStyle(.simple)
                  }
                }

So to remove the duplication, I want to do something like this:

     func textButton(title: String, buttonStyle: ButtonStyle) -> some View {
      VStack {
        Text(title)
        Button("hello") {
          print("tapped")
        }
          .buttonStyle(buttonStyle)
      }
    }

The compiler asks me to add 'any' before ButtonStyle. When I do that I get the following: "Type 'any View' cannot conform to 'View'" It works fine if I don't pass in the ButtonStyle. Any suggestions on how to pass a ButtonStyle into a func? thanks, in advance!

Answered by DTS Engineer in 739921022

It should work if you declare your function like this:

    func textButton(title: String, buttonStyle: some PrimitiveButtonStyle) -> some View {
      VStack {
        Text(title)
        Button("hello") {
          print("tapped")
        }
          .buttonStyle(buttonStyle)
      }
    }

The reason is that the various button styles are different type (rather than, for example, all being cases of a single enum), connected via "existential" conformance to the ButtonStyle protocol. The some keyword "opens the existential", which is another way of saying that it accepts any of the possible types.

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Dec ’22

Accepted Answer

It should work if you declare your function like this:

    func textButton(title: String, buttonStyle: some PrimitiveButtonStyle) -> some View {
      VStack {
        Text(title)
        Button("hello") {
          print("tapped")
        }
          .buttonStyle(buttonStyle)
      }
    }

The reason is that the various button styles are different type (rather than, for example, all being cases of a single enum), connected via "existential" conformance to the ButtonStyle protocol. The some keyword "opens the existential", which is another way of saying that it accepts any of the possible types.

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Answer 2

Stokestack OP

Jan ’24

I'm trying to create a custom button where I can pass in a style. I have figured out how to pass a ButtonStyle as a parameter using a generic, but after that I can't do anything with it:

struct SelectableButton: View
{
	@Environment(\.isEnabled) private var isEnabled

	var text: String = ""
	var icon: Image?
	var onClick: (() -> Void)
	var selected: Bool = false
	var style: Any

	init<S: ButtonStyle>(label: String, icon: Image? = nil, onClick: @escaping (() -> Void), style: S)
	{
		text = label
		self.icon = icon
		self.onClick = onClick
		self.style = style
	}

	var body: some View
	{
		Button(action: onClick)
		{
			HStack
			{
				Text(text)
				icon
			}
		}
		.buttonStyle(self.style as! ButtonStyle)  // DOES NOT WORK. "No exact matches"
	}
}

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