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iOS Intermediate Swift 2 Object Initialization Initializing Superclasses

Kevin Gutowski
Kevin Gutowski
4,082 Points
Posted by Kevin Gutowski
Kevin Gutowski
4,082 Points

Convenience initializers seem pretty excessive

Why do we even need them? We have been taught that we can pass in default values to designated initializers anyways. For example,

init(testString: String = "My Default") {
//init stuff here
}

1 Answer

Krzysztof Growinski
Krzysztof Growinski
8,405 Points
Krzysztof Growinski
Krzysztof Growinski
8,405 Points

Hi, this might be helpful when you need to unwrap an optional value.