Picker for optional data type in SwiftUI?

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The tag must match the exact data type as the binding is wrapping. In this case the data type provided to tag is Fruit but the data type of $fruit.wrappedValue is Fruit?. You can fix this by casting the datatype in the tag method:

struct FruitView: View {

    @State private var fruit: Fruit?

    var body: some View {
        Picker(selection: $fruit, label: Text("Fruit")) {
            ForEach(Fruit.allCases) { fruit in
                Text(fruit.rawValue).tag(fruit as Fruit?)
            }
        }
    }
}

Bonus: If you want custom text for nil (instead of just blank), and want the user to be allowed to select nil (Note: it’s either all or nothing here), you can include an item for nil:

struct FruitView: View {

    @State private var fruit: Fruit?

    var body: some View {
        Picker(selection: $fruit, label: Text("Fruit")) {
            Text("No fruit").tag(nil as Fruit?)
            ForEach(Fruit.allCases) { fruit in
                Text(fruit.rawValue).tag(fruit as Fruit?)
            }
        }
    }
}

Don’t forget to cast the nil value as well.

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