Array appending not working across files in swift - ios

Question

Im currently implementing a like functionality in my app, and I can't seem to be able to get this append and retrieving to work. Here is my Button Action which is found in my ViewController file
var Liked = Favourite()
let factBook = FactBook()
#IBAction func favour() {
var currentQuote = factBook.factsArray[factIndex]
Liked.favouriteArray.append(currentQuote)
}
The Favourite struct is called from
import Foundation
struct Favourite {
var favouriteArray: [String] = []
}
(The factBook struct is the same thing except the array actually has elements inside.)
Now my goal is to get all this to display on a separate view controller called favouriteViewController:
import UIKit
class FavouriteViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet var LikeQuote: UILabel!
var liked = Favourite()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
if liked.favouriteArray.count > 0 {
LikeQuote.text = liked.favouriteArray[0]
} else if liked.favouriteArray.count == 0 {
LikeQuote.text = "No Liked Quotes Found, Go Favour Some!"
}
}
Now when I hit the button, theoretically I should be able to append it to the favouriteArray and then be able to display it on my favouriteViewController file, however when I save it and then open viewcontroller file it defaults to the liked.favouriteArray.count=0 scenario and prints out the text no matter how many quotes I save. I just need an idea of what's going wrong in this process?
Update: If I put append Hello world into text it still does not append to element and evaluates the array value as 0.

Answer 1

The problem is that because you are not saving the data somewhere like into a database or file, you won't be able to retrieve it so the code you add into the viewDidLoad will not work The only way for it to work is when the UIButton was tapped check the code below. Hope that Helps
import Foundation
import UIKit
struct Favourite {
var favouriteArray = [String]()
}
class FavouriteViewController: UIViewController {
// let factBook = FactBook()
#IBOutlet var LikeQuote: UILabel!
var liked = Favourite()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
func updateContent(){
if liked.favouriteArray.count > 0 {
LikeQuote.text = liked.favouriteArray[0]
}
else if liked.favouriteArray.count == 0 {
LikeQuote.text = "No Liked Quotes Found, Go Favour Some!"
}
}
#IBAction func favour() {
// var currentQuote = liked.factsArray[factIndex]
// Liked.favouriteArray.append(currentQuote)
liked.favouriteArray.append("today is a new day ")
updateContent()
}
}