combine-framework

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps developers implement and orchestrate reactive data flows on Apple platforms using the Combine framework, enabling clean, composable asynchronous code.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Publishers & Subscribers: Create and connect publishers and subscribers to stream data and events.
• Operators & Transformations: Use map, flatMap, scan, filter, merge, combineLatest, and zip to transform and synchronize streams.
• SwiftUI Integration: Bind UI state with @Published properties and cancellables for responsive interfaces.
• Error Handling & Memory: Implement retry, catch, replaceError, and proper memory management with AnyCancellable.

Quick Start

Create a Just publisher and subscribe to observe a value, then extend to a multi-step pipeline using map to transform data and sink to observe results.