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Youseef Al Taher
Courses Plus Student 842 PointsWhen returning to a previous View Controller, I want to reinitialize the variables in that view controller(previous 1)
Hello,
So the title sums up my question pretty much.
I have 3 view controllers: VC1, VC2, VC3
Depending on what button is click in VC1, I set a certain boolean variable to true and go to VC2. Depending on what button i click in VC2, I set a different boolean variable to True. I then display certain things in VC3 based on the two buttons that were clicked.
So now my problem is that when I navigate back from VC3 to VC2 for example, my variables are not Re-initialized. So if i click a different button other than the one i clicked the first time, I get the same data as before because although the new variable associated with the new button I clicked is set to true, the previous button I clicked associated with the first variable in VC2 is still true. As a result, I get the same data in VC3 as the first round.
I want to reinitialize my variables when i navigate backwards. How should i do this?
Thank You for your time and effort! Youseef
3 Answers
Faisal Alsheikh
8,841 PointsInstead of using viewDidLoad, try using viewDidAppear
Faisal Alsheikh
8,841 PointsMaybe it would help if your provide us with the source code or copy and paste the code through the tools used in the forum
Faisal Alsheikh
8,841 PointsGreat :) glad that helped. Coding rocks
Youseef Al Taher
Courses Plus Student 842 PointsYouseef Al Taher
Courses Plus Student 842 PointsHey Faisal,
Thanks for replying.
The thing is I don't use viewDidLoad in the first place. I just have regular functions that I Call on when a button is clicked. I can't use ViewDidLoad nor View Did Appear because the variables are global and I need them in other classes.
Youseef Al Taher
Courses Plus Student 842 PointsYouseef Al Taher
Courses Plus Student 842 PointsFaisal! Thank you my man. Your suggestion worked
So what I did was I reset the variables declared globally inside the 'viewWillAppear' method. This way i have my variables globally and initialized to start, and when the viewController is revisited (view appeared), my variables are reset to the same values.
Thank You for your help!