swift - adding values between 2 view controllers by prepareforsegue - xcode

Question

I have 2 ViewControllers: ViewController1, ViewController2. An "Add" button in ViewController1 will bring up ViewController2. User will then enter in values into ViewController2 which will then be passed back into ViewController1 by prepareforsegue. These values are then append onto the properties of type array in viewcontroller1.
This is being repeated, whereby the user continue pressing the add button to bring up ViewController2 from ViewController1, and then add in new values to be appended onto the properties of array type in ViewController1 via prepareforsegue.
However this is not the case after the first set of values being appended from ViewController2. The second set of values will overwrite the first set of values.
Example.
After the first passed -> force =[1], stiffness[1]
After the second passed -> force=[2], stiffness[2]
I will want this -> force = [1,2], stiffness[1,2]
I want to continue adding until -> force = [1,2,3,4,5], stiffness[1,2,3,4,5]
ViewController1
class ViewController1: UITableViewController, UITableViewDataSource {
var force = [Float]()
var stiffness = [Float] ()
#IBAction func Add(sender: AnyObject) { }
}
ViewController2
class ViewController2: UIViewController {
var forceVar : Float = 0.0
var stiffVar : Float = 0.0
#IBAction func submit(sender: AnyObject) {
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("springSubmit", sender: sender)
}
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject!) {
if(segue.identifier == "springSubmit") {
var svcSubmitVariables = segue.destinationViewController as ViewController1
svcSubmitVariables.force.append(forceVar)
svcSubmitVariables.stiffness.append(stiffVar)
}

Answer 1

The performSegueWithIdentifier method will always initialize new view controller so in your example view controller that showed ViewController2 is different object from object initialized after submitting data and ofc this newly initialized object will have only initialize values. To achieve what you are looking for you will need to declare a function on your ViewController1 that will append data to your arrays, pass that function to ViewController2 and call it on submit method so your view controllers would look similar like these:
ViewController1
class ViewController1: UITableViewController, UITableViewDataSource {
var force = [Float]()
var stiffness = [Float] ()
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
//check if values are updated
println(force)
println(stiffness)
}
#IBAction func Add(sender: AnyObject) {
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("viewController2", sender: sender)
}
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject!) {
if(segue.identifier == "viewController2") {
var addVariables = segue.destinationViewController as ViewController2
addVariables.submitFunc = appendData
}
}
func appendData(newForce:Float,newStiffness:Force){
force.append(newForce)
stiffness.append(newStiffness)
}
}
ViewController2
class ViewController2: UIViewController {
var forceVar : Float = 0.0
var stiffVar : Float = 0.0
var submitFunc:((newForce:Float,newStiff:Float)->())!
#IBAction func submit(sender: AnyObject) {
submitFunc(forceVar,stiffVar)
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion: nil)
}
}

Answer 2

ViewController
import UIKit
class ViewController: UITableViewController, UITableViewDataSource {
var springNumber:NSInteger = 0
var force = [Float]()
var stiffness = [Float] ()
// MARK: UITableViewDataSource
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView,
numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return springNumber
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView,
cellForRowAtIndexPath
indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell")
as UITableViewCell
cell.textLabel!.text = "Spring \(indexPath.row)"
return cell
}
func fwall() -> Float {
for rows in 0..<(springNumber+1) {
force[0] = force[0] + force[rows]
}
force[0] = -(force[0])
return force[0]
}
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
title = "Springs' Variables"
tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self,
forCellReuseIdentifier: "Cell")
if(springNumber==0) {
force.append(0.0) }
println(force)
println(stiffness)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
//Adding Values
#IBAction func Add(sender: AnyObject) {
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("addSpring", sender: sender)
}
#IBAction func solve_Pressed(sender: AnyObject) {
self.fwall()
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("Solve", sender: sender)
}
func appendData (newForce: Float, newStiffness:Float, newSpring: NSInteger) {
force.append(newForce)
stiffness.append(newStiffness)
springNumber = newSpring
println(springNumber)
println(force)
println(stiffness)
}
override func prepareForSegue ( segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject!) {
if (segue.identifier == "addSpring") {
var addVariables = segue.destinationViewController as SpringTableViewControllerInsertVariables
addVariables.submitFunc = appendData
}
if (segue.identifier == "Solve") {
var svcViewController2 = segue.destinationViewController as ViewController2
svcViewController2.forceView2 = self.force
svcViewController2.stiffView2 = self.stiffness
svcViewController2.springNumView2 = self.springNumber
}
if (segue.identifier == "showDetail") {
}
}
}
Code for springTableViewControllerInsertVariables
import UIKit
class SpringTableViewControllerInsertVariables: UIViewController {
var forceVar : Float = 0.0
var stiffVar : Float = 0.0
var springNum : NSInteger = 0
var submitFunc: ((newForce:Float,newStiff:Float,newSpring:NSInteger)->())!
#IBOutlet weak var image: UIImageView!
var imageArray :[UIImage] = [UIImage(named: "springAtWall.jpg")!, UIImage(named:"spring.jpg")!]
override func viewDidLoad() {
if(springNum == 0) {image.image = imageArray[0] }
else {image.image = imageArray[1] }
}
#IBOutlet weak var force: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var forceEntered: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var stiffness: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var stiffnessEntered: UITextField!
#IBAction func checkboxed(sender: AnyObject) {
//when checkedboxed is checked here.
//1)UIImage is changed
//2)calculate2 function is used for calculate1
}
#IBAction func submit(sender: AnyObject) {
//might not work because springNum will be initialise to zero when this viewcontroller starts...
forceVar = (forceEntered.text as NSString).floatValue
stiffVar = (stiffnessEntered.text as NSString).floatValue
springNum = springNum + 1
submitFunc(newForce: forceVar ,newStiff: stiffVar, newSpring: springNum)
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion: nil)
}
}