Swift - Call segue inside of a closure

Question

I am trying to call a segue inside of a closure and I can't seem to make it work. The problem is that I don't know how to make the "performSegueWithIdentifier" call since I cannot use the keyword "self" here.

This is being done outside of UIViewController, so I don't know how to call a "performSegueWithIdentifier" without using the keyword "self".

So I would need to create the object where the method is called, but how and which object? Is it the view controller? On the storyboard? or where is it?

func signUp (username: String, password: String) {
    Alamofire.request(.POST, "https://test.xyz.de/api/v1/public/user", parameters:["username" : username, "password": password], encoding: .JSON)
        .responseJSON({ (_, _, JSON, error) -> Void in
            println("Response: \(JSON)")
            if error == nil {
                self.performSegueWithIdentifier("segueToNextScreen", sender: self) // Problem!!
            } else {
                println(error)
            }
        })
}

Thanks in advance and let me know if you need further explanation.

Cheers, Tiago

Answer 1

If this is being called from outside a view controller, the question becomes how is it being invoked? The most appropriate solution is probably to add a parameter that takes the view controller it's being invoked from, since any segue can only happen relative to that view controller.

func signup(username:String, password:String, presentingViewController:UIViewController) {
    ...
        presentingViewController.performSegue("segueToNextScreen")
    ...
}

A better approach might be to actually pass in a success block, and then the caller could handle success by performing the appropriate segue. That way your not dependent on any possible caller having a segueToNextScreen method and your separating network interface functionality from user interface functionality, always a good idea since they're really very distinct creatures.

func signup(username:String, password:String, success:()->()) {
    ...
        success()
    ...
}

// in calling ViewController
    signup(username, password) {
        self.performSegue("segueToNextScreen")
    }

Of course, the most obvious solution may be to just put this code into your UIViewController subclass.