I have an issue on SwiftUI preview in a view located in a Swift Package when my code imports a control or value from an other swift package.
import Foundation
import SwiftUI
import Common
struct AppointmentListItem: View {
var appointment: Appointment
var body: some View {
VStack{
HStack(spacing: 10){
//Client Info
Image(self.appointment.client.profilePicture)
.resizable()
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fill)
.frame(width: 35, height: 35)
.clipShape(Circle())
.shadow(radius: 10)
.overlay(Circle().stroke(Color.white, lineWidth: 1.5))
Text(self.appointment.client.fullName)
.font(.system(size: 18))
.bold()
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
Text(self.appointment.getHourAndMinutes()).bold()
//Detail info
Button(action: {
withAnimation{
print("Go to details")
}
}){
Image(systemName: "ellipsis")
.font(.system(size: 18))
.frame(width: 20, height: 20)
.rotationEffect(Angle.init(degrees: 90))
}
}
.padding()
}
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20)
.fill(Color.hippoPrimary)// <- this color is part of Common package
)
}
}
If I remove or change .fill(Color.hippoPrimary)
the preview is available.
The error provided by Xcode is the following:
RemoteHumanReadableError: Failed to update preview.
The preview process appears to have crashed.
Error encountered when sending 'previewInstances' message to agent.
==================================
| RemoteHumanReadableError: The operation couldn’t be completed. (BSServiceConnectionErrorDomain error 3.)
|
| BSServiceConnectionErrorDomain (3):
| ==BSErrorCodeDescription: OperationFailed
This is my Package.swift file:
// swift-tools-version:5.3
// The swift-tools-version declares the minimum version of Swift required to build this package.
import PackageDescription
let package = Package(
name: "TodayAppointments",
platforms: [
.iOS(.v13)
],
products: [
// Products define the executables and libraries a package produces, and make them visible to other packages.
.library(
name: "TodayAppointments",
targets: ["TodayAppointments"]),
],
dependencies: [
// Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on.
// .package(url: /* package url */, from: "1.0.0"),
.package(path: "../Common")
],
targets: [
// Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
// Targets can depend on other targets in this package, and on products in packages this package depends on.
.target(
name: "TodayAppointments",
dependencies: ["Common"]),
.testTarget(
name: "TodayAppointmentsTests",
dependencies: ["TodayAppointments"]),
]
)
In the Common Package, the Colors are defined this way:
public extension Color {
static let hippoPrimary = Color("Primary", bundle: .module)
static let progressBarBackground = Color("ProgressBarBackground", bundle: .module)
static let textBackground = Color("TextBackground", bundle: .module)
static let textColor = Color("TextColor", bundle: .module)
static let appleSignInBackground = Color("AppleSignInBackground", bundle: .module)
static let buttonActionText = Color("Text", bundle: .module)
}
The build hasn’t errors so I understand that the dependencies are ok, sounds like a IDE.
Thanks in Advance.
4
Answers
Update 1:
Sorry my last post was not accurate. This is a bug in Xcode with no work around. Just submitted to Apple a bug report (FB8880328). Also, posted a details write up with example code w/ repro steps here. Direct link to GitHub project: https://github.com/ryanholden8/SwiftUI-Preview-Failing-Test-Project
Old Post:
Got this exact error doing the same thing, putting colors in a separate package. This post helped me get to the bottom of it. I deleted the default class that is generated in the colors package. However, I did not delete the unit test that was based on that default class.
In short: Delete the auto-generated unit test in your
Common
package. Or make sure all the unit tests pass.Workaround for both iOS and macOS (not tested with Catalyst):
Then replace calls to
Bundle.module
withBundle.swiftUIPreviewsCompatibleModule
.This worked for me in Xcode 14.2
I’m using Xcode 13.4.1
I tried to use this line as the answer above mentioned but it did not work as it can not find the bundle:
My package is called "Networking". After some debugging, I changed the bundle name as follows and it worked perfectly!
Maybe this helps anyone!