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Illegal Argument
Illegal Argument

Reputation: 10338

How to initialize variable in viewDidLoad() Swift2

I am trying to create a stopWatch app as a part of learning swift. Coming from Java I am having a hard time figuring out how to initialize a variable. Relevant code of viewcontroller:

var timerRunning = false

var timer: NSTimer = NSTimer() //first initialization I want to remove this initialization and leave it as nil


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
// second initialization
    timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(1, target: self, selector: #selector(ViewController.timeChanged), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}

func timeChanged(){
    print("1 second")
}

The problem I am facing is double initialization of the timer variable which I think is redundant and cannot set to nil. My goal is to use timer variable in a couple of functions and initialize it on a button pressed event. The above approach works but I am looking for some cleaner/correct implementations. Thank You

Upvotes: 0

Views: 415

Answers (1)

Vishal Sonawane
Vishal Sonawane

Reputation: 2693

Declare your timer variable as optional so that initially it will have nil value and later on you can instantiate it on button event.

Upvotes: 1

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