start and pause buttons enabled/disabled swift - ios

I am a beginner so I may not see obvious things at this point. So please, help. I need my startButton enabled again when pauseButton is pressed and vice versa. I cannot create a var that can be accessed by both UIButton functions though. What should I do? Here's part of my code:
#IBAction func Start(_ sender: AnyObject) {
let disableMyStartButton = sender as? UIButton
disableMyStartButton?.isEnabled = false
timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1.0, target: self, selector: #selector(ViewController.update), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}
#IBAction func pauseTimer(_ sender: AnyObject) {
timer.invalidate()
WarningLabel.text = "Paused"
}

You need to create Outlet of your buttons and use them in your methods.
#IBOutlet var btnStart: UIButton!
#IBOutlet var btnPause: UIButton!
#IBAction func start(_ sender: UIButton) {
sender.isEnabled = false
btnPause.isEnabled = true
timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1.0, target: self, selector: #selector(ViewController.update), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}
#IBAction func pauseTimer(_ sender: UIButton) {
sender.isEnabled = false
btnStart.isEnabled = true
timer.invalidate()
WarningLabel.text = "Paused"
}
You can also done this thing using single action for buttons like this.
#IBAction func onStartOrPause(_ sender: UIButton) {
if (sender == btnStart) {
sender.isEnabled = false
btnPause.isEnabled = true
timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1.0, target: self, selector: #selector(ViewController.update), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}
else {
sender.isEnabled = false
btnStart.isEnabled = true
timer.invalidate()
WarningLabel.text = "Paused"
}
}
Note: You can also make same thing using single button by changing title or image of it in the action.

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You need to add timer to RunLoop
RunLoop.current.add(timer1, forMode: .commonModes)
Or use scheduledTimer
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Also in your restart function you need to do it again, because now you are just invalidating it and not starting again.

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#IBOutlet weak var startButton: UIButton!
#IBAction func start(_ sender: UIButton) {
timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 0.1, target: self, selector: #selector(ViewController.action), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
startButton.isEnabled = false
}
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timer.invalidate()
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}
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}
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}
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