Swift Optionals - How to Unwrap (real examples)

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A common iOS Dev interview question is to explain Optionals and how to unwrap them. In this Swift optionals tutorial I'll explain if let, guard statements, optional chaining, and force unwrapping, and nil coalescing.

This tutorial was created using Xcode 14 and iOS 16.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - What are Optionals
0:59 - Unwrapping - if let
2:57 - Unwrapping - guard let
5:37 - Unwrapping - nil coalescing
7:15 - Force Unwrapping
8:37 - Optional Chaining
9:58 - Real Example - if let
11:09 - Real Example - guard let
11:44 - Real Example - nil coalescing
12:15 - Real Example - force unwrap