iOS Native Template Apps

Mobile SDK provides a comprehensive set of iOS template apps to support different development use cases.

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Important

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 AppDelegate and SceneDelegate
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.

To select the native Swift application type, press Return or type native_swift:

1$ forceios create
2Enter your application type (native_swift or native, leave empty for native_swift): <PRESS RETURN>
3...

To select the Objective-C application type, type native:

1$ forceios create
2Enter your application type (native_swift or native, leave empty for native_swift): native
3...

Using Other Templates

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.
iOSNativeSwiftPackageManagerTemplate: Demonstrates how to set up an iOS app with SwiftPackageManager.
iOSNativeLoginTemplate: Demonstrates how to set up native login.

You use these templates with the forceios createwithtemplate command. For example, to create an app with the Swift encrypted notifications template:

1$ forceios createwithtemplate
2  Enter URI of repo containing template application: iOSNativeSwiftEncryptedNotificationTemplate
3  ...

(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.

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