SwiftUI: How to filter Binding value in ForEach?

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I need to filter the Binding in ForEach, by searching from SearchBar, but it's giving me an error. I am not sure if that is even possible in SwiftUI but if you know the way I could filter that please let me know. I would be really thankful for any help.

Here is how struct I am putting in ForEach look like:

struct Test: Identifiable {
    let id = UUID()
    var number: Int
    var text: String
}

Here is View with ForEach:

struct ContentView: View {
    @State var test = [
        Test(number: 1, text: "1"),
        Test(number: 2, text: "2"),
        Test(number: 3, text: "3"),
        Test(number: 4, text: "4"),
        Test(number: 5, text: "5"),
        Test(number: 6, text: "6")
    ]
    
    @State private var searchText = ""
    @State private var placeholder = "Search..."
    
    var body: some View {
        NavigationView{
            VStack{
                SearchBar(text: $searchText, placeholder: $placeholder)
                List {
                    ForEach($test.filter {
                        ($0.text.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased()) || searchText == ""}) { $data in
                        TestView(test: $data)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Here is my SearchBar:

struct SearchBar: UIViewRepresentable {
    
    @Binding var text: String
    @Binding var placeholder: String
    
    class Coordinator: NSObject, UISearchBarDelegate {
        
        @Binding var text: String
        @Binding var placeholder: String
        
        init(text: Binding<String>,  placeholder: Binding<String>) {
            _text = text
            _placeholder = placeholder
        }
        
        func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {
            text = searchText
        }
        
        func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {
            searchBar.setShowsCancelButton(true, animated: true)
        }
        
        func searchBarTextDidEndEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {
            searchBar.setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: true)
        }
        
        func searchBarSearchButtonClicked(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {
            searchBar.resignFirstResponder()
        }
        
        func searchBarCancelButtonClicked(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {
            searchBar.resignFirstResponder()
        }
    }
    
    func makeCoordinator() -> SearchBar.Coordinator {
        return Coordinator(text: $text, placeholder: $placeholder)
    }
    
    func makeUIView(context: UIViewRepresentableContext<SearchBar>) -> UISearchBar {
        let sb = UISearchBar(frame: .zero)
        sb.placeholder = context.coordinator.placeholder
        sb.delegate = context.coordinator
        return sb
    }
    
    func updateUIView(_ uiView: UISearchBar, context: Context) {
        uiView.text = text
    }
    
}

Yrb · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-11 18:47:11Z

I think the issue is not the filtering per se, but the .lowercased() that the ForEach is rejecting. Rather than try to force that, there is a simpler way. Use a computed variable that does the filtering, and then roll your own Binding to send to the view like this:

struct ContentView: View {
    @State var testArray = [
        Test(number: 1, text: "1"),
        Test(number: 2, text: "2"),
        Test(number: 3, text: "3"),
        Test(number: 4, text: "4"),
        Test(number: 5, text: "5"),
        Test(number: 6, text: "6")
    ]
    
    @State private var searchText = ""
    @State private var placeholder = "Search..."
    
    var filteredTest: [Test] {
        // If you want to return no items when there is no matching filter use this:
        testArray.filter { ($0.text.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased()))}
        
        // If you want the whole array unless the filter matches use this:
        let returnTestArray = testArray.filter { ($0.text.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased()))}
        guard !returnTestArray.isEmpty else { return testArray }
        return returnTestArray
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        NavigationView{
            VStack{
                SearchBar(text: $searchText, placeholder: $placeholder)
                List {
                    ForEach(filteredTest) { test in
                        TestView10(test: Binding<Test> (
                            get: { test },
                            set: { newValue in
                                if let index = testArray.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == newValue.id } ) {
                                    testArray[index] = newValue
                                }
                            }
                        ))
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

I also renamed your array of data testArray to better reflect what it was, and in the ForEach, data now becomes test.

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