Private Preferences framework should be made public

Originator:adam
Number:rdar://26880523 Date Originated:19-Jun-2016 04:23 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:iOS 10.0 (14A5261v)
Classification:Feature Reproducible:Not Applicable
 
Summary:
The private Preferences framework has been very well documented by the community: http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/Category:Preferences. It makes setting/form view controllers significantly easier to make, reducing a great amount of boilerplate code, and it could be argued that without it being part of the official iOS SDK it makes these tasks seem harder than they should.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a settings view controller
2. Implement a table view in Interface Builder, or write a data source
3. Implement method of getting/setting preferences
4. Repeat steps for sub-pages

Expected Results:
These steps are not needed. Table views are constructed from a property list containing all data needed for a working UI. View controllers only need to specify their corresponding property list, and custom getter/setter/action methods. Custom views can be implemented easily using a standard protocol.

Actual Results:
Developer is frustrated because they must either consume time constructing a table view UI, possibly even manually managing it with a UITableViewDataSource.

Version:
iOS 10.0 (14A5261v)

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