iOS Dependency Injection Standards
Priority: P0
Implementation Guidelines
Protocol-Based DI (Manual)
- •Initializer Injection: Preferred method. Pass dependencies through
init. - •Abstractions: Inject protocols instead of concrete classes to facilitate testing (Mocks/Stubs).
Modern Property Wrappers (Factory/Resolver)
- •Factory: Use the
Factorylibrary for lightweight, type-safe navigation-friendly DI. - •Swinject: Use for enterprise-grade container-based DI in large modular projects.
- •Injected: Use
@Injectedproperty wrappers for cleaner syntax in ViewModels.
Scoping
- •Singleton: Use for app-wide services (Auth, Network, Database).
- •Unique/Transient: Default for ViewModels and temporary workers.
- •Graph/Cached: Use for shared data within a specific feature flow (Coordinator scope).
Anti-Patterns
- •Singletitis:
**No global Shared singleton access everywhere**: Inject the service via initializer. - •Service Locator:
**No Resolver.resolve() inside logic**: Pass dependency via constructor or property wrapper. - •Concrete Dependency:
**No direct class instantiation**: Depend on protocols for testability.