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Creating extensions with static factory methods
Creating extensions with static factory methods can be a great alternative to subclassing in Swift, especially for things like setting up UIViews, CALayers or other kinds of styling.
It also lets you remove a lot of styling & setup from your view controllers.
extension UILabel {
static func makeForTitle() -> UILabel {
let label = UILabel()
label.font = .boldSystemFont(ofSize: 24)
label.textColor = .darkGray
label.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true
label.minimumScaleFactor = 0.75
return label
}
static func makeForText() -> UILabel {
let label = UILabel()
label.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 16)
label.textColor = .black
label.numberOfLines = 0
return label
}
}
class ArticleViewController: UIViewController {
lazy var titleLabel = UILabel.makeForTitle()
lazy var textLabel = UILabel.makeForText()
}
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