How do I make an enum Decodable in swift 4?

It's pretty easy, just use String or Int raw values which are implicitly assigned.

enum PostType: Int, Codable {
    case image, blob
}

image is encoded to 0 and blob to 1

Or

enum PostType: String, Codable {
    case image, blob
}

image is encoded to "image" and blob to "blob"

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This is a simple example how to use it:

enum PostType : Int, Codable {
    case count = 4
}

struct Post : Codable {
    var type : PostType
}

let jsonString = "{\"type\": 4}"

let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)

do {
    let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(Post.self, from: jsonData)
    print("decoded:", decoded.type)
} catch {
    print(error)
}

How to make enums with associated types conform to Codable

This answer is similar to @Howard Lovatt's but avoids creating a PostTypeCodableForm struct and instead uses the KeyedEncodingContainer type provided by Apple as a property on Encoder and Decoder, which reduces boilerplate.

enum PostType: Codable {
    case count(number: Int)
    case title(String)
}

extension PostType {

    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case count
        case title
    }

    enum PostTypeCodingError: Error {
        case decoding(String)
    }

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        if let value = try? values.decode(Int.self, forKey: .count) {
            self = .count(number: value)
            return
        }
        if let value = try? values.decode(String.self, forKey: .title) {
            self = .title(value)
            return
        }
        throw PostTypeCodingError.decoding("Whoops! \(dump(values))")
    }

    func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        switch self {
        case .count(let number):
            try container.encode(number, forKey: .count)
        case .title(let value):
            try container.encode(value, forKey: .title)
        }
    }
}

This code works for me on Xcode 9b3.

import Foundation // Needed for JSONEncoder/JSONDecoder

let encoder = JSONEncoder()
encoder.outputFormatting = .prettyPrinted
let decoder = JSONDecoder()

let count = PostType.count(number: 42)
let countData = try encoder.encode(count)
let countJSON = String.init(data: countData, encoding: .utf8)!
print(countJSON)
//    {
//      "count" : 42
//    }

let decodedCount = try decoder.decode(PostType.self, from: countData)

let title = PostType.title("Hello, World!")
let titleData = try encoder.encode(title)
let titleJSON = String.init(data: titleData, encoding: .utf8)!
print(titleJSON)
//    {
//        "title": "Hello, World!"
//    }
let decodedTitle = try decoder.decode(PostType.self, from: titleData)

Swift would throw a .dataCorrupted error if it encounters unknown enum value. If your data is coming from a server, it can send you an unknown enum value at any time (bug server side, new type added in an API version and you want the previous versions of your app to handle the case gracefully, etc), you'd better be prepared, and code "defensive style" to safely decode your enums.

Here is an example on how to do it, with or without associated value

    enum MediaType: Decodable {
       case audio
       case multipleChoice
       case other
       // case other(String) -> we could also parametrise the enum like that

       init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
          let label = try decoder.singleValueContainer().decode(String.self)
          switch label {
             case "AUDIO": self = .audio
             case "MULTIPLE_CHOICES": self = .multipleChoice
             default: self = .other
             // default: self = .other(label)
          }
       }
    }

And how to use it in a enclosing struct:

    struct Question {
       [...]
       let type: MediaType

       enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
          [...]
          case type = "type"
       }


   extension Question: Decodable {
      init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
         let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
         [...]
         type = try container.decode(MediaType.self, forKey: .type)
      }
   }