Swift - Timer doesn't stop

Question

I have the following code:

class firstVC: UIViewController {
    var timer : Timer?

    func scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(){
        timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 60, target: self, 
        selector: #selector(self.anotherFunc), userInfo: nil, repeats: 
        true)
    }

    override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval()
    }
}

I'm trying to stop the timer without success:

func stopTimer() {
    if timer != nil {
        timer?.invalidate()
        timer = nil
    }
}

override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
    stopTimer()
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    stopTimer()
}

I even tried to put the stop function in applicationWillResignActive And in applicationDidEnterBackground but it didn't stop:

firstVC().stopTimer()

Your help will be appreciated, thank you.

Answer 1

After research I found a solution,
The only thing that worked for me is to create functions in AppDelegate file and call them when needed,
Here is the code, the timerSwitch function:

    func timerSwitch()
    {
        if (timerStatus) {
            checkStateTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(
                timeInterval: 60, 
                target:self, 
                selector: #selector(self.yourFunction), 
                userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
        } else {
            checkStateTimer?.invalidate()
        }
    }

    func stopTimer()
    {
        timerStatus = false
        timerSwitch()

    }

    func startTimer()
    {
        timerStatus = true
        timerSwitch()

    }

While 'yourFunction' is what you want to execute when the timer starts,
In my case is sending heartbeat.
Then I called the timerSwitch is the following functions in AppDelegate:

    func applicationWillResignActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
        stopTimer()
    }

    func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication) {
        stopTimer() 
    }

    func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
        startTimer()
    }