how to track and save the data passed into my view SwiftUI

Question

I am writing a todo list app and Here is my code :

struct TaskItem: View {
@State var task : Task
@Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode: Binding<PresentationMode>
@EnvironmentObject var taskData: UserData
@ObservedObject private var keyboard = KeyboardResponder()
var body: some View {
    Form{
        Section(header: Text("Details").font(.headline)){
            HStack{

                TextField("Title", text: $task.title ).font(Font.headline)

            }
            TextField("Description", text: $task.description)
                .font(Font.body)
        }
        Section{
            Toggle("Mark as Done", isOn: $task.isDone)
        }
        Section{
            Picker(selection: $task.priority, label: Text("priority")) {
                Text("very important").tag(2)
                Text("important").tag(1)
                Text("need to do").tag(0)
            }.pickerStyle(SegmentedPickerStyle()).padding(5)
        }
    }
    .padding(.bottom, keyboard.currentHeight)
    .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.bottom)
    .animation(.easeOut(duration: 0.16))
    .navigationBarItems(trailing: Button(action: {
        //save data
        var result :[Task]
        result = save(id: self.task.id,
                      creationDate: self.task.creationDate,
                      creationDateYear: self.task.creationDateYear,
                      creationDateMonth: self.task.creationDateMonth,
                      creationDateDay: self.task.creationDateDay,
                      dueDate: self.task.dueDate,
                      time: self.task.time,
                      title: self.task.title,
                      description: self.task.description,
                      priority: self.task.priority,
                      isDone: self.task.isDone, taskData: self.taskData.taskData)
        self.taskData.taskData = result
        self.presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
    }, label:{
        Text("save")
    }))
    // here I put my save code
}

}

When the save button is pushed, task's var is saved. I want to remove the save button and save data automatically once a value is changed. When I move the block of // save data code out of the save button function and into var body , I get "Function declares an opaque return type, but has no return statements in its body from which to infer an underlying type" Error.

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Could you explain more what do you mean about written into body and what is the error — Mac3n
When I move the block of // save data code out of the save button functioning into the body, I get "Function declares an opaque return type, but has no return statements in its body from which to infer an underlying type" — Farnaz Daneshvar

user3441734 user3441734 · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-07T20:54:42

var body: some View {
    Form {
    .....
    }
}

Is what you have now. And this is exactly, what is expected!

Form {
    .....
}

is nothing else, just constructor of SwiftUI.Form

The return statement could be omitted, because it is only one expression.

var body: some View {
    let somtething = ....
    Form {
        ....
    }
}

is wrong. Why? Error message explains it very clearly. "Function declares an opaque return type, but has no return statements in its body from which to infer an underlying type"

This part of error message "Function declares" is a little bit unclear, till you take in the account, what is the difference between function and closure in Swift.

var body: some View {
    ....
}

could be rewritten as func statement

func body()-> some View {
    ...
}

Maybe, some day, the error messages from compiler will be more clear ...

If you really like, you can do

var body: some View {
    let somtething = ....
    return Form {
        ....
    }
}

I am better to avoid that. For better readability and easy to maintain you code, put all the logic to your model. Use SwiftUI as it was designed for and take an advantage of its declarative syntax.

how to track and save the data passed into my view SwiftUI

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