How to get the value of searchBar.text of one VC and use it in another file of the project in swift? - swift

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I've been looking for the answer everywhere and could't find any.. Is there any way I can access the value of searchBar.text in another file? I have the delegate set in my SearchVC but I also have a custom tableView cell in another file.
I need the value of the SearchBar of my SearchVC to use in FirstDefinitionVC for decoding the word from the searchBar and use it for finding the audio URL.
All works fine while I call the function inside the searchBarSearchButtonClicked method but I can find no way to pass that String into FirstDefintionVC.
The relevant searchVC code :
var word = ""
`
extension SearchVC: UISearchBarDelegate {
func searchBarSearchButtonClicked(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {
// { (data: [WordData], [Definitions])
word = searchBar.text!
wordManager.performRequest(word: word) { data in
self.wordData = data
self.searchButtonPressed = true
// print(data)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
fetchAudio(word: word) { data in //this one works fine
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.wordData = data
}
}
}
func fetchAudio(word: String, comp: #escaping ([WordData])-> Void) {
let wordURL = "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/"
let urlString = "\(wordURL)\(word)"
if let url = URL(string: urlString) {
let dataTask = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: {
(data,response,error) in
guard let data = data, error == nil else {
print("Error occured while accessing data with URL")
return
}
do {
let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode([WordData].self, from: data)
comp(decoded)
if let sound = decoded[0].phonetics[0].audio,
let sound2 = decoded[0].phonetics[1].audio {
print("sound = \(sound)")
let nonEmpty = (sound != "") ? sound : sound2 //write switch cases or another ternary with more urls to choose from if both are empty
self.audioUrl = URL(string: nonEmpty)
// url = URL(string: sound2)
do {
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setMode(.default)
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true, options: .notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
self.player = AVPlayer(url: self.audioUrl!)
guard let player = self.player else { return }
player.play()
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
//comp(decoded, entries.self)
} catch {
print("Error occured while decoding JSON into Swift structure \(error)")
}
})
dataTask.resume()
}
}
I need to call the searchBar.text value in another file inside this IBAction of class FirstDefinitionVC:
`
#IBAction func pronunciationButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
searchVC.fetchAudio(word: searchVC.word) { data in
self.wordData = data
}
}
This was one of my approaches to this, I tried to create a global model Word with an initializer also and it didn't work. Is there any way around it?