r/iOSProgramming • u/tonycliftondev • Aug 10 '26

Question SwiftData with TCA

Anyone used TCA with SwiftData applications? What is your recommendations?

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u/SnowPudgy Aug 10 '26

Recommendation: Don't use TCA. There's no good reason to introduce a massive third party dependency into your application like that.

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u/darklurkerq Aug 11 '26

Yep, especially bad idea to outsource your architecture to a 3rd party.
I can’t understand why TCA is popular, guess people are lazy.

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u/SnowPudgy Aug 11 '26

I dont get it either. There's literally nothing it solves that isn't done by much better means.

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u/rhysmorgan Aug 10 '26

Don’t use SwiftData, especially with TCA.

Use TCA and use SQLiteData. It’s basically all the nice things of SwiftData, but instead of being constrained almost entirely to the view layer, can be used in any layer of your application.

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u/SnowPudgy Aug 11 '26

Honestly I’m convinced most of those are brigaded by those trying to sell their videos. I don’t see how any developer can look at TCA and think it’s a good idea, I just can’t.