Xcode & SwiftUI - How to reset Canvas?

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Question: How to reset Xcode's Preview Canvas? Specifically, how to erase all the Core Data in Canvas created in Canvas' Live Preview?

Example code: This is SwiftUI preview code I am using for Canvas preview.

struct ItemView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        let context = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate).persistentContainer.viewContext
        //Test data
        let testItem = Item.init(context: context)
        testItem.name = "Abc"
        return ItemView(filter: false)
            .environment(\.managedObjectContext, context)
    }
}

With this code Canvas shows me testItem, but also item.name of Core Data objects created in Live Preview. I would like to erase Canvas data to not see previously created objects.

Things I have tried: Xcode - Product > Clean Build Folder Xcode - Editor > Canvas > Refresh Canvas Simulator - Device > Erase All Content And Settings...

The last one works as expected for Simulator. I was hoping maybe it will erase Canvas data as well, but it doesn't.

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Full working example:

ContentView.swift

import SwiftUI
import CoreData

struct ContentView: View {
    
    @Environment(\.managedObjectContext) var managedObjectContext
    @State var paidFilter :Bool? = nil
    
    
    var body: some View {
        
        NavigationView {
            List {
                
                ItemView(filter: paidFilter)
                
            }
            .listStyle(PlainListStyle())
            .navigationTitle(Text("Items"))
            .navigationBarItems(
                trailing:
                    
                    Button(action: {
                        let item = Item(context: self.managedObjectContext)
                        item.name = "Test"
                        
                        do {
                            try self.managedObjectContext.save()
                        }catch{
                            print(error)
                        }
                        
                    }) {
                        Image(systemName: "plus.circle.fill")
                            .font(.title)
                    }
            )
        }
        .navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
        
    }
}

struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        let context = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate).persistentContainer.viewContext
        return ContentView()
            .environment(\.managedObjectContext, context)
    }
}

ItemView.swift

import SwiftUI

struct ItemView: View {
    @Environment(\.managedObjectContext) var managedObjectContext
    var fetchRequest: FetchRequest<Item>
    var items: FetchedResults<Item> { fetchRequest.wrappedValue }
    
    init(filter: Bool?) {
        fetchRequest = FetchRequest<Item>(entity: Item.entity(), sortDescriptors: [])
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            ForEach(items, id: \.self) {item in
                Text("\(item.name ?? "test123")")
            }
        }
    }
}

struct ItemView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        let context = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate).persistentContainer.viewContext
        //Test data
        let testItem = Item.init(context: context)
        testItem.name = "Abc"
        return ItemView(filter: false)
            .environment(\.managedObjectContext, context)
    }
}

Answer 1

Try this,

• Open terminal
• Go to your project directory
• Run this command: xcrun simctl --set previews delete all

This will clear your simulator preview cache data.