Debugging code: carousel display string arrays - swift

I'm coding a carousel that display a string array. The string element that is selected is to be displayed in a UIView.
var plotValue:Int = 0
var flag:Int = 1
let plotList: [String] = ["Phenotype","SNP","Synthesis","PheWAS","Circos"]
Basically, the user can swipe left or right the UILabel gets updated with a new value from the plotList.
Swipe left decrements a counter by -1, swipe right increments a counter by +1.
If the user reaches the initial value of the plotList[0] continues swiping left, the code will wrap around and start from the maximum element in the plotList.
If the user reaches the maximum value of the plotList and continues to swipe right, the code will wrap around and start from the plotList[0].
Once the users taps the UIView, another process is launched.
var swipeCarouselLeft: UISwipeGestureRecognizer =
UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "carouselLeft")
swipeCarouselLeft.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirection.Left
self.labelView.addGestureRecognizer(swipeCarouselLeft)
var swipeCarouselRight: UISwipeGestureRecognizer =
UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "carouselRight")
swipeCarouselRight.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirection.Right
self.labelView.addGestureRecognizer(swipeCarouselRight)
var tapButton:UITapGestureRecognizer =
UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "carouselTap")
self.labelView.addGestureRecognizer(tapButton)
Here are the functions defined.
func carouselLeft(){
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(1052)
flag = -1
getLabel(flag)
}
func carouselRight(){
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(1054)
flag = 1
getLabel(flag)
}
and
func getLabel(flag: Int){
plotValue = plotValue + flag
println("plotValue \(plotValue)")
switch plotValue {
case (plotList.count):
plotValue = 0
case (-1):
plotValue = plotList.count - 1
default:
plotValue = 0
}
UIView.animateWithDuration(2, animations: { () -> Void in
self.labelOutlet.textColor = UIColor.blueColor()
})
self.labelOutlet.text = plotList[plotValue]
println("\(plotList[plotValue])UIView")
}
func carouselTap(){
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(1057)
}
Basically, when user swipe the resulting string is either the first or last element in the plotList array, none of the other elements in the array are shown.
Maybe I'm overthinking this and there's a simpler way to do this? or the Apple "preferred" way of doing this? or a more OOP??

Changed the logic to this and works and will wrap in both directions.
func getLabel(flag: Int){
if (flag == -1 && plotValue == 0){
plotValue = plotList.count - 1
}
else if (flag == 1 && plotValue == plotList.count - 1)
{
plotValue = 0
}
else
{
plotValue = plotValue + flag
}
UIView.animateWithDuration(2, animations: { () -> Void in
self.labelOutlet.textColor = UIColor.blueColor()
})
self.labelOutlet.text = plotList[plotValue]
}

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...
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In my case I want to change jumpImages to another set of images. I should cancel the previous animation and start the new one but it looks like I set the last image in jumpImages sequence instead.
How to solve this issue?
Okay, I think I'm understanding your problem now -- from your statement, "[...] but it looks like I set the last image in jumpImages sequence instead," I think you mean that when you call startAnimation(index: 1), you are seeing just the last frame of the index 0 animations, and none of the index 1 animations.
Assuming that is right, your problem here going to be a race condition.
When you call startAnimation() then second time with index 1, the first animation may or may not still be in progress.
The solution will be to call self.imageView.stopAnimating() before you change all the images and start the new animation. The best practice would be to check the imageView.isAnimating flag before you call it. Something like this:
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jumpImages = ["Jump_11","Jump_21","Jump_31","Jump_41","Jump_51","Jump_61","Jump_71","Jump_81","Jump_91","Jump_101"]
}
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}
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self.imageView.stopAnimating()
}
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self.imageView.animationImages = images
self.imageView.animationDuration = 2.0
self.imageView.animationRepeatCount = 1
self.imageView.startAnimating()
}
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...
startAnimation(index: 1)
Also, since you're in a function and not within a closure, you can remove all those references to self., which makes things a bit shorter:
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}
var images = [UIImage]()
for image in jumpImages{
images.append(UIImage(named: image)!)
}
if imageView.isAnimating {
imageView.stopAnimating()
}
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imageView.animationDuration = 2.0
imageView.animationRepeatCount = 1
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startAnimation(index: 0)
...
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