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Posted by Kyle Melton
Kyle Melton
6,664 Points

Download and attach a photo from the init method of a struct

I have a struct

struct Person { let name: String var addresses: [Address] var phones: [Phone] var urls: [URL] let photoUrl: URL var photo: UIImage? var emails: [Email] var socialMedia: [Channel] }

My struct has a photoUrl. During the initI am trying to download the photo and assign it to the photo attribute of the struct. Is there a better way to accomplish this, or am I just not seeing the path to accomplishing this. The end goal is to have an array of persons that I will hand to a Table View.

Do I have to assign the photo from outside of the struct?

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

I am assuming that you have the types declared somewhere else in your code. The easiest way to accomplish this is to create a Plist and access the information through there. If you have not already; watch the course on Swift table views and it should all make sense on how to accomplish this

Kyle Melton
Kyle Melton
6,664 Points

I have completed the course. I am re-watching all the videos to find what I missed. I think what I need to do is write a function that includes an escaping completion handler. Still, it won't hurt to go over the lessons again.

[Edit:] OMG, I didn't thank you. Thank you for helping point me in the right direction!