ObjectBox Swift Usage Guide
ObjectBox is an an easy to use, object-oriented lightweight database and a full alternative to SQLite.
Disclaimer: ObjectBox for Swift is a beta version, the API is not guaranteed to be stable yet.
This is the ObjectBox documentation and guide for our Swift API.
First steps:
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Model Migration
Your data model is now migrated transparently for you when you make changes
Properties can be indexed
You can require property fields to be unique
You can specify a different name for use in the model than the instance variable's
Use of ObjectBox without CocoaPods has been simplified
You do not need to annotate back-links in relations anymore in clear cases
Binaries: Swift 4 ABI only.
Alpha users:
Use annotations
// objectbox:instead of// sourcery:Delete any database files you created before (one time only, starting with the beta we have model migrations)
Alpha 6
Remove code-generator limitations regarding order of properties vs. relations
Support sandboxed macOS applications (see macOS Sandbox setup)
Add "transient" annotation for skipping properties
Binaries: Swift 4 ABI only.
Alpha 5
Code generation fixes for optionals
Expanded example app to demo optionals
Fixes for Date-decoding into entities
Binaries: Swift 4 ABI only
Cleanup
Just small things. Also an elephant.
iOS Sandboxing.
Fixed issues that could occur when deploying to device.
Added auto-registration of your entities
Alpha 2
Fix an issue related to "duplicate index ID" error message.
Alpha 1
Initial public release for comment.