How to pass the variable from a ViewController Class to other Struct? - swift

Question

I have no idea how to pass the data from the class to another struct. This is my ViewController.swift file. And I have another file called Meme.swift which is used to save the struct. I tried to put the struct in ViewController.swift file as well as Meme.swift file but I cannot access the value like topTextField.text and lowTextField.text and use them in the struct. Can anyone help me with this?
ViewController:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var cameraButton: UIBarButtonItem!
#IBOutlet weak var bottomTextField: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var topTextField: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var imagePickerView: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var imageView: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var actionButton: UIBarButtonItem!
let bottomTextFieldDelegate = BottomTextFieldDelegate()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
topTextField.text = "TOP"
bottomTextField.text = "BOTTOM"
topTextField.delegate = self
bottomTextField.delegate = self.bottomTextFieldDelegate
}
func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
topTextField.text = ""
}
func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
self.view.endEditing(true)
textField.resignFirstResponder()
actionButton.isEnabled = true
return true
}
#IBAction func shareAction(_ sender: Any) {
let image = generateMemedImage()
let controller = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [image as Any], applicationActivities: nil)
self.present(controller, animated: true, completion: nil)
controller.completionWithItemsHandler = {(activityType: UIActivityType?, completed:Bool, returnedItems:[Any]?, error: Error?) in
if !completed {
debugPrint("cancelled")
return
}else{
self.save()
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
cameraButton.isEnabled = UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(.camera)
configureTextField(textField: topTextField)
configureTextField(textField: bottomTextField)
topTextField.textAlignment = .center
bottomTextField.textAlignment = .center
subscribeToKeyboardNotifications()
actionButton.isEnabled = false
}
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
unsubscribeFromKeyboardNotifications()
}
func configureTextField(textField: UITextField) {
textField.defaultTextAttributes = memeTextAttributes
}
func save() -> Meme {
// Create the meme
let memedImage = generateMemedImage()
let meme = Meme(topText: topTextField.text!, bottomText: bottomTextField.text!, originalImage: imageView.image!, memedImage: memedImage)
return meme
}
func generateMemedImage() -> UIImage {
// TODO: Hide toolbar and navbar
navigationController?.setToolbarHidden(true, animated: true)
self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
// Render view to an image
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.frame.size)
view.drawHierarchy(in: self.view.frame, afterScreenUpdates: true)
let memedImage:UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
// TODO: Show toolbar and navbar
navigationController?.setToolbarHidden(false, animated: false)
self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
return memedImage
}
func keyboardWillShow(_ notification:Notification) {
view.frame.origin.y = 0 - getKeyboardHeight(notification)
}
func keyboardWillHide(_ notification:Notification) {
view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
func getKeyboardHeight(_ notification:Notification) -> CGFloat { //getting the height of keyboard and use it for func keyboardWillShow to relocate
//the keyboard using keyboardWillShow function
let userInfo = notification.userInfo
let keyboardSize = userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue // of CGRect
return keyboardSize.cgRectValue.height
}
func subscribeToKeyboardNotifications() { //setting up the obeserver to be notified when keyboard is shown or not, then execute keyboardWillShow function
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(_:)), name: .UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide(_:)), name: .UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}
func unsubscribeFromKeyboardNotifications() { //unsubscribe the notification
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: .UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: .UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}
//setting the arributes of the text
let memeTextAttributes:[String:Any] = [
NSStrokeColorAttributeName: UIColor.black,
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white,
NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack", size: 40)!,
NSStrokeWidthAttributeName: 3,]
#IBAction func pickAnImageFromAlbum(_ sender: Any) {
let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
imagePicker.delegate = self
imagePicker.sourceType = .photoLibrary
present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
#IBAction func pickAnImageFromCamera(_ sender: Any) {
let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
imagePicker.delegate = self
imagePicker.sourceType = .camera
present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
if let image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage {
imagePickerView.image = image
imagePickerView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(_ picker: UIImagePickerController){
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
BottomFieldDelegate:
import Foundation
import UIKit
class BottomTextFieldDelegate: NSObject, UITextFieldDelegate {
func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
textField.text = ""
}
func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
let viewController = ViewController()
textField.resignFirstResponder()
viewController.view.endEditing(true)
let actionButton = viewController.actionButton
actionButton?.isEnabled = true
return true
}
}

Answer 1

First u need to move this function like save() and generateMemedImage() into your ViewController class and then you can access topTextField.text and lowTextField.text
Modify your struct like below, and do not put nsobject in struct
struct Meme {
var topText: String
var bottomText: String
var memedImage: UIImage
var originalImage: UIImage
init(topText: String, bottomText: String, originalImage: UIImage, memedImage: UIImage) {
self.topText = topText
self.bottomText = bottomText
self.originalImage = originalImage
self.memedImage = memedImage
}
}
Remove save() from Meme struct and put that code in your Viewcontroller file.
Modify your function which return Meme struct object.
func save() -> Meme {
// Create the meme
let meme = Meme(topText: topTextField.text!, bottomText: bottomTextField.text!, originalImage: imageView.image!, memedImage: memedImage)
return meme
}
And you can store in Array like below.
let array:[Meme] = []
array.append(save())