KVOMutableArray is a proxy object which supports key value observation of NSMutableArray.
KVOMutableArray is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:
pod "KVOMutableArray"KVOMutableArray supports monitoring with ReactiveCocoa signals. To enable this feature, add the following line instead:
pod "KVOMutableArray/ReactiveCocoaSupport"If you don't have CocoaPods installed or integrated into your project, you can learn how to do so here.
To run the example project, clone the repo, and run pod install from the Example directory first.
KVOMutableArray* array = [KVOMutableArray new];
AMBlockToken* token = [array addObserverWithTask:^BOOL(id obj, NSDictionary *change) {
NSIndexSet *indexes = change[NSKeyValueChangeIndexesKey];
NSNumber *kind = change[NSKeyValueChangeKindKey];
NSArray* new = change[NSKeyValueChangeNewKey];
NSArray* old = change[NSKeyValueChangeOldKey];
if ([kind integerValue] == NSKeyValueChangeInsertion)
{
NSLog(@"objects %@ added at indexes: %@", new, indexes);
} else if ([kind integerValue] == NSKeyValueChangeRemoval)
{
NSLog(@"objects %@ removed from indexes: %@", old, indexes);
}
return YES;
}];KVOMutableArray* array = [KVOMutableArray new];
[array addObject:@"hello"];
[array addObject:@"world"];Alternatively, you can do
KVOMutableArray* array = [[KVOMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:@(1), @(2), @(3), nil];NSArray* someArray = @[@(1), @(2), @(3), @(4)];
KVOMutableArray* array = [[KVOMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:someArray];AMBlockToken* token = [array addObserverWithTask:^BOOL(id obj, NSDictionary *change) {
// handle the event here
}];Alternatively, you can use ReactiveCocoa signals.
RACSignal* signal = [array changeSignal];
[signal subscribeNext:^(RACTuple* t) {
NSArray *obj = t.first;
NSDictionary *change= t.second;
// handle the event here
}];[token removeObserver];NSMutableArray* theMutableArray = array.arr;Manipulating the objects from KVOMutableArray
KVOMutableArray* array = [[KVOMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:@[@"hello", @"world"]];
[array removeLastObject];
[array addObject:@"awesome!"];
[array removeObjectAtIndex:0];
NSString* awesome = array[0];Or from the enclosing NSMutableArray
KVOMutableArray* array = [[KVOMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:@[@"hello", @"world"]];
[array.arr removeLastObject];
[array.arr addObject:@"awesome!"];
[array.arr removeObjectAtIndex:0];
NSString* awesome = array.arr[0];KVOMutableArray is now a subclass of NSMutableArray after 1.0 release. This change makes two gotchas available:
First, the unarchived object is an NSMutableArray, not a KVOMutableArary. No solution on StackOverflow so far.
KVOMutableArray* array = [[KVOMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:@[@(1), @(2), @(3)]];
NSData* data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:array];
// not a KVOMutableArray
NSMutableArray* unarchived = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data];Second, the object returns from copy is a NSArray. There is no immutable KVOMutableArray, the only reasonable choice is to return immutable NSArray object.
KVOMutableArray* array = [[KVOMutableArray alloc] init];
// not a KVOMutableArray
NSArray* copy = [array copy];Requires iOS 8.0, and ARC.
Because NSMutableArray cannot be directly key value observed, we monitor the change events from a property of KVOMutableArray. For more details, check the stackoverflow discussion.
Forks, patches and other feedback are welcome.
KVOMutableArray is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.