How to Pass extra parameters to a custom UIView class for initialization in swift

Question

I'm trying to write a class that is of type UIView, but on initialization I want it to take an extra parameter, but I can't figure out how to get around the UIView needing its params instead. Any help is much appreciated!

class MenuBar: UIView {

    let homeController: HomeController

    init(controller: HomeController){
        homeController = controller
        super.init()
    }
    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)

    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

}

In the ViewController I'm initializing it like this:

let menuBar: MenuBar = {
    let mb = MenuBar(controller: self)
    return mb
}()

Answer 1

Try this.

class MenuBar: UIView {

    let homeController: HomeController

    required init(controller: HomeController){
        homeController = controller
        super.init(frame: CGRect.zero)
        // Can't call super.init() here because it's a convenience initializer not a desginated initializer
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

}