在解包Optional值时，Swift Delegate意外返回nil

Question

Setting up my delegate within the protocol continues to throw nil. I have attempted numerous approaches suggested in other posts. I am attempting to get my protocol + delegate up and running, however, unable to solve why it continues to throw nil.

Force unwrapping, calling the delegate from various locations in the file, removing & adding Weak Var.

List View:

protocol MixPlayer : class {
    func playMix(message: String)
}


class IssueViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var issueCollection: UICollectionView!
    @IBOutlet weak var issueImage: UIImageView!

    var viewController: ViewController?

    var collectionViewtitle: String?
    var mixImageName: String?

    var mixList: [[String: String]]!

    weak var mixDelegate: MixPlayer?

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        issueCollection.dataSource = self
        issueCollection.delegate = self

    }

}
....

extension IssueViewController: UICollectionViewDelegate, UICollectionViewDataSource {

....

func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

        if let url = mixList[indexPath.row]["url"] {
            mixDelegate?.playMix(message: url)
        }
    }   
}

View Controller:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController  {
    @IBOutlet weak var mainContainer: UIView!
    @IBOutlet weak var playerEmbedView: UIView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        let secondVC = IssueViewController()
        secondVC.mixDelegate = self

    }
}

extension ViewController: MixPlayer {
    func playMix(message: String) {
        print(message)
    }
}

Any attempt at calling

mixDelegate?.playMix(message: url)

Is unsuccessful. Currently I'm just trying to log basic print statements.

Answer 1

Probably your secondVC inside the ViewController gets deallocated. Make that a property in your ViewController .

class ViewController: UIViewController  {
    @IBOutlet weak var mainContainer: UIView!
    @IBOutlet weak var playerEmbedView: UIView!

    lazy var secondVC: IssueViewController = {
        let secondVC = IssueViewController()
        secondVC.mixDelegate = self
        return secondVC
    }()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

    }
    ... 
}

To know if your class gets deallocated, add a deinit with a print statement on it.

deinit {
    print("Deallocated")
}