How to access ObjectAtIndex in tabBarController with Swift?

Question

i used to say in obj-c

[self.tabBarController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:1];

but now in swift no ObjectAtIndex any more

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Answer 1

Your code is OK:

var svc:SecondViewController = self.tabBarController.viewControllers[1] as SecondViewController!
svc.delegate = self

... however you can omit ! mark at the end and :SecondViewController type definition since it can be inferred by the cast:

var svc = self.tabBarController.viewControllers[1] as SecondViewController

The problem appears because you try to cast to the wrong class. Try to print to debug log name of the class of object at [1]; add this before your cast to check the class name:

let vcTypeName = NSStringFromClass(self.tabBarController.viewControllers[1].classForCoder)
println("\(vcTypeName)")

UPDATE:

As we figured out in comments, you should cast received view controller to UINavigationController:

var nc = self.tabBarController.viewControllers[1] as UINavigationController

Later you can examine nc.viewControllers property and see if for instance its topViewController is SecondViewController:

if nc.topViewController is SecondViewController {
    var svc = nc.topViewController as SecondViewController
    // your code goes here
}