accessing global variable from programmatic uibutton property - ios

Question

I want to use the same UIView class to record and play sound. In this view class, I add a button programmatically and I want to change the button text according to the purpose of the view. When the view is created as a player it will show play icon (or the text for now). If the view is created as a recorder it will show the record icon. But I cannot access global variable in the view from my UIButton.
class AudioPlayerView: UIView {
var isRecorder = false
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
...
}
let theButton: UIButton = {
let button = UIButton()
if isRecorder {
button.setTitle("▷", for: .normal)
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(playPauseAudio), for: .touchUpInside)
} else {
button.setTitle("▢", for: .normal)
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(recordTapped), for: .touchUpInside)
}
button.backgroundColor = .clear
button.layer.cornerRadius = 15.0
return button
}()

Answer 1

I have re implemented your player class. Now you do not need to create two separate view for recording and playing status. All you need is to change the isRecorder value and your button title will be change without any need to create another view.
class AudioPlayerView: UIView {
var isRecorder = false {
didSet {
if isRecorder {
theButton.setTitle("▷", for: .normal)
} else {
theButton.setTitle("▢", for: .normal)
}
}
}
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
if isRecorder {
theButton.setTitle("▷", for: .normal)
} else {
theButton.setTitle("▢", for: .normal)
}
//Add your button to view as subview.
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
}
let theButton: UIButton = {
let button = UIButton()
button.backgroundColor = .clear
button.layer.cornerRadius = 15.0
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(tapButton), for: .touchUpInside)
return button
}()
func tapButton() {
if isRecorder {
playPauseAudio()
} else {
recordTapped()
}
}
func playPauseAudio() {
}
func recordTapped() {
}
}

Answer 2

Actually, I made following in my viewcontroller class after I created the view. I simply set the button subview title and added relevant target. Now it seems to be functioning. But as a rookie, I am not sure if this is a good solution... Thanks every one who shared their comments and codes as well.
if cell.name == "recorder" {
audioPlayerView?.theButton.setTitle("▢", for: .normal)
audioPlayerView?.theButton.addTarget(audioPlayerView, action: #selector(audioPlayerView?.recordTapped), for: .touchUpInside)
} else {
audioPlayerView?.theButton.setTitle("▷", for: .normal)
audioPlayerView?.theButton.addTarget(audioPlayerView, action: #selector(audioPlayerView?.playPauseAudio), for: .touchUpInside)
}