Can't pass value from FirstVC to SecondVC using segue

Question

I have two ViewControllers connected via Show segue. I need to pass NSSlider's value from ViewController to SecondViewCotroller.

So, moving slider in ViewController a variable updates in SecondViewController.

How to update a value of imagesQty variable?

// FIRST VIEW CONTROLLER

import Cocoa

class ViewController: NSViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var slider: NSSlider!
    @IBOutlet weak var photosLabel: NSTextField!

    @IBAction func segueData(_ sender: NSSlider) {
        photosLabel.stringValue = String(slider.intValue) + " photos"
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: NSStoryboardSegue.Identifier(rawValue: "SegueIdentifierForSecondVC"), sender: slider)
    }

    func prepare(for segue: NSStoryboardSegue, sender: NSSlider?) {
        if segue.identifier!.rawValue == "SegueIdentifierForSecondVC" {
            if let secondViewController =
            segue.destinationController as? SecondViewController {
                secondViewController.imagesQty = slider.integerValue
            }
        }
    }
}

and

// SECOND VIEW CONTROLLER

import Cocoa

class SecondViewController: NSViewController {

    var imagesQty = 30  

    override func viewWillAppear() {

    super.viewWillAppear()
    self.view.wantsLayer = true

    print("viewWillAppear – Qty:\(imagesQty)")

    //let arrayOfViews: [NSImageView] = [view01...view12]

    let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSHomeDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("Desktop/ArrayOfElements")
    do {
        let fileURLs = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: url, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil, options: [.skipsHiddenFiles]).reversed()
        let photos = fileURLs.filter { $0.pathExtension == "jpg" }

        for view in arrayOfViews {
            //"imagesQty" is here
            let i = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(imagesQty-1)))
            let image = NSImage(data: try Data(contentsOf: photos[i]))
            view.image = image
            view.imageScaling = .scaleNone
        }
    } catch {
        print(error)
    }
}

Answer 1

First of all the purpose and benefit of NSStoryboardSegue.Identifier is to create an extension to be able to avoid literals.

extension NSStoryboardSegue.Identifier {
    static let secondVC = NSStoryboardSegue.Identifier("SegueIdentifierForSecondVC")
}

Then you can write

self.performSegue(withIdentifier: .secondVC, sender: slider)

and

if segue.identifier! == .secondVC { ...

---

This error occurs because imagesQty is declared in viewWillAppear rather than on the top level of the class.

Change it to

class SecondViewController: NSViewController {

    var imagesQty = 30 // Int is inferred

    // override func viewWillAppear() {
    //     super.viewWillAppear()
    // }
}

There is another mistake: The signature of prepare(for segue is wrong. It must be

func prepare(for segue: NSStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {

Answer 2

You can‘t change the value because the var is defined in the function and not in the class.

Make your var a class property and it should work.

class SecondViewController: UIViewController {

var imagesQty: Int = 30

...

}