SwiftData crashes when trying to access a deleted object

Verify that the isDeleted parameter of a SwiftData object is false before reading parameters to avoid an app from crashing after an object has been deleted.

Oscar de la Hera Gomez
Written by Oscar de la Hera Gomez
First published on 11/06/2023 at 07:58
Last Updated on 11/06/2023 at 08:18
<p>Three flowers that represent Swift, SwiftData and Xcode. Beneath them sits the text "isDeleted."</p>

Verify that the isDeleted parameter of a SwiftData object is false before reading parameters to avoid an app from crashing after an object has been deleted.

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If your system attempts to access a SwiftData object after it has been deleted, the app will crash and the stack trace will point to the parameter that you are trying to access in the SwiftData model.

For example, the code below will cause a crash when an app tries to access the id parameter of an object that has been deleted.

if let object = self.object, let id = object.id {}

To solve this crash, use the isDeleted parameter, as shown below.

if let object = self.object, !object.isDeleted, let id = object.id {}

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