Swift: Trying to create a locationManager class to handle location data then call it in my root view controller.

Question

I was attempting to make a class that handles location services and call in my root view controller however in doing so My app will not load, I get a indefinite black screen w/ the exception: thread 1:EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x7ff...). It seems to be accusing because in order to change objects belonging to my root view controller I created a instance of the controller. Is there a way to retrieve the label objects belonging to my root view controller without creating an instance? How do I fix this?

here's my code for the RootViewController:

import UIKit


class RootViewController: UIViewController {


@IBOutlet weak var lblCurrentLocation: UILabel!


let locationTracker = LocationTracker()

 override func viewDidLoad() {
   super.viewDidLoad()
   // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

  locationTracker.startTracking()
}

and my locationManager class:

import UIKit import Foundation import CoreLocation

class LocationTracker: NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate {

let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
let rootViewController = RootViewController()


func startTracking() {
  locationManager.delegate = self
  locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyHundredMeters

  locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
  locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!, didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!) {

  var currentLocation: CLLocation = manager.location

  var coordinates: String = "\(currentLocation.coordinate.latitude),\(currentLocation.coordinate.longitude)"


  println(" Locations data: \(locations)")

  getLocationPlacemark(currentLocation: currentLocation)

}


 func displayLocationInfo  (#Placemark: CLPlacemark) {

locationManager.stopUpdatingLocation()

self.rootViewController.lblCurrentLocation.text = "\(Placemark.administrativeArea), \(Placemark.locality)"
}


func getLocationPlacemark (#currentLocation:CLLocation)-> Void {

  CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(currentLocation, completionHandler: { (placemark, error) -> Void in

  if error == nil && placemark.count > 0 {

    var pMark = placemark [0] as CLPlacemark

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in

      self.displayLocationInfo(Placemark: pMark)
    })


    }else {

      self.rootViewController.lblCurrentLocation.text = "error!"
    }
  })
}

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Swift: Trying to create a locationManager class to handle location data then call it in my root view controller.