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Swift

Would I move my if statements that are under the flipCoin() function to their own files? or keep in view controller

I am currently going through the beginner classes for Swift. Pasan suggested to create our own apps on our own and recommended a Coin Flip app. Below is my code. Should I create a model for the if statements under the flipCoin() function and have it talk to the view controller or is it ok to have these if statements in the view Controller?

import UIKit
import GameKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var headsOrTails: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var ifHeads: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var ifTails: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var flipButton: UIButton!
    var backgroundColor = RandomColor()
    var coin = CoinFlip()
    var headsIndex = 0
    var tailsIndex = 0

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
        headsOrTails.text = "Press Flip!"
        ifHeads.text = "Number of heads: \(headsIndex)"
        ifTails.text = "Number of tails: \(tailsIndex)"
    }

    @IBAction func flipCoin() {
        // Random Background Color
        let randomBackgroundColor = backgroundColor.randomNumber()
        view.backgroundColor = randomBackgroundColor

        // Flip Button Color
        flipButton.tintColor = randomBackgroundColor

        // When the button is pressed, the function pics a random number to
        // display either heads or tails and then increments the correct label
        // to keep a running total of how many times heads or tails is flipped.
        let someCoin = coin.coinFlip()

        if someCoin == "Heads" {
            headsOrTails.text = "Heads"
            headsIndex += 1
            ifHeads.text = "Number of heads: \(headsIndex)"
        }

        if someCoin == "Tails" {
            headsOrTails.text = "Tails"
            tailsIndex += 1
            ifTails.text = "Number of heads: \(tailsIndex)"
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

In a normal iOS app, your model should be holding onto your data and doing most of the real work, and your view controller should just be a bridge between your model and your view (what you display to the user). In this case, you have a CoinFlip model that appears to be doing all the work of actually choosing what to display, and everything I see in your view controller seems to just be taking the data your model gives you and updating the view, which is exactly what it's supposed to be doing, so I'd say what you have is just fine. That being said, perhaps you could abstract the headsIndex/tailsIndex variables into a separate Counter model?

Thank you for the help, I appreciate it!