StyleStrategy

public protocol StyleStrategy

Conform to style strategy to define how your UI controls should retrieve their style sets.

  • Defines how to retrieve a StyleSet using a styleKey. i.e. retrieve from plist, json, user defaults, programmatic definition. Source of style sets could be included at compile time or downloaded at run time, or updated dynamically throughout lifecycle of app.

    Declaration

    Swift

    static func retrieveStyleSet(forStyleKey styleKey: StyleKeyProtocol) -> StyleSet?

  • Useful function for transforming a dictionary into a StyleSet. Use this function for values that must be transformed from an abstract representation into its meaningful value. i.e. transforming a color key as a String into a UIColor

    Declaration

    Swift

    public static func transformDictionaryOfPropertiesIntoStyleSet(properties: [String: Any], ColorSetType: ColorSetProtocol.Type? = nil, FontSetType: FontSetProtocol.Type? = nil, customTransformation: ((Any) -> Any?)? = nil) -> StyleSet

    Parameters

    properties

    [String: Any] containing all property keys -> values
    ColorSetType

    Optional. If set contains any colors that need to be transformed from String -> UIColor, use a type implementing ColorSetProtocol to perform the conversion
    FontSetType

    Optional. If set contains any fonts that need to be transformed from String -> UIFont, use a type implementing FontSetProtocol to perform the conversion
    customTransformation

    Optional. Performs custom logic for transforming dictionary’s value into a value consumable by the StyleSet

    Return Value

    A style set converted from dictionary