iOS Native Template Apps
Mobile SDK 9.0 updates its default Swift template to iOS 14 standards and maintains its Objective-C template from the previous release.
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Here’s a comparison summary of the forceios default templates.
- Swift Template
- iOSNativeSwiftTemplate
- Demonstrates two levels of master-detail navigation.
- Uses SwiftUI for all views
- Demonstrates model-view architecture
- Distributes management of app life-cycle events between
AppDelegateandSceneDelegate - Handles asynchronous REST responses with various Combine Publisher objects
- Demonstrates offline features using SmartStore and Mobile Sync
- Objective-C Template
- iOSNativeTemplate
- Displays a single list of contacts
- Manages app life-cycle events through
AppDelegate - Handles asynchronous REST responses in
SFRestDelegate
You can find both templates in the github.com/forcedotcom/SalesforceMobileSDK-Templates repo. How you use them with forceios is slightly different.
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To select the native Swift application type, press
Returnor typenative_swift: -
To select the Objective-C application type, type
native:
Mobile SDK also offers the following specialized iOS templates.
- MobileSyncExplorerSwift
A more extended example of Mobile Sync technology. Includes a Recent Contacts widget implementation. Also demonstrates iPad features, including multiple windows and landscape orientation support.
- iOSIDPTemplate
For creating identity provider apps with Mobile SDK.
- iOSNativeSwiftEncryptedNotificationTemplate
Demonstrates how to process encrypted notifications.
You use these templates with the forceios createwithtemplate command. For example, to create an app with the Swift encrypted notifications template:
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(Mobile SDK 8.0 and later) If you’re using a template from the SalesforceMobileSDK-Templates repo, you can specify just the template name without the URI path.