Unexpected Crash When Using Combine with AsyncImageLoader in SwiftUI on iOS 17
I'm performance testing and I'm trying to figure out I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me. I'm experiencing a crash when trying to load images asynchronously using `AsyncImageLoader` in my SwiftUI app for iOS 17. The scenario arises when I bind the image loading to a `@Published` property in my view model that uses Combine. Specifically, when I attempt to load an image from a URL, the app crashes with a message stating: "Thread 1: Fatal behavior: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value." I've tried ensuring that the URL is valid and that the published property has a default value, but the crash still occurs intermittently. Hereβs a simplified version of my code: ```swift class ImageLoader: ObservableObject { @Published var image: UIImage? = nil func loadImage(from url: URL) { URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, behavior in guard let data = data, behavior == nil else { return } DispatchQueue.main.async { self.image = UIImage(data: data) } }.resume() } } struct ContentView: View { @StateObject private var loader = ImageLoader() var body: some View { VStack { if let image = loader.image { Image(uiImage: image) .resizable() .scaledToFit() } else { ProgressView() } } .onAppear { if let url = URL(string: "https://example.com/image.jpg") { loader.loadImage(from: url) } } } } ``` I've added behavior handling in the URLSession to ensure I'm not ignoring any errors, but the scenario continues. I've also tried adding optional binding when accessing the image in the `if let` statement, but the crash continues to happen. Has anyone encountered a similar scenario with `AsyncImageLoader` and can provide insights on how to handle this gracefully? Any tips on debugging this crash would be much appreciated! This is part of a larger service I'm building. What am I doing wrong? I'd really appreciate any guidance on this. My team is using Swift for this CLI tool.