Change UIButton's state from a different View Controller - Swift 4.2 - uibutton

Question

I have gameCenterButton in VC1. Its purpose is to take the user to Game Center's Leaderboards where they can see High Scores. If the user decides to authenticate with Game Center, then I want to change gameCenterButton's state (un-grey and enable). In my GameKitHelper class I have these:
func authenticateLocalPlayer() {
GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler =
{ (viewController, error) in
self.gameCenterEnabled = false
if viewController != nil {
self.authenticationViewController = viewController
NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(
GameKitHelper.PresentAuthenticationViewController),
object: self)
} else if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated {
self.gameCenterEnabled = true
}
}
}
extension GameKitHelper: GKGameCenterControllerDelegate {
func gameCenterViewControllerDidFinish(_ gameCenterViewController: GKGameCenterViewController) {
gameCenterViewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
In VC1 I have this:
#IBOutlet weak var gameCenterButton: UIButton!
#IBAction func gameCenter(_ sender: UIButton) {
GameKitHelper.sharedInstance.showGKGameCenterViewController(viewController: self)
}
I'm thinking that inside of extension GameKitHelper I can do ...
if gameCenterEnabled == true {
gameCenterButton.isEnabled = true // How do I allow for this?
gameCenterButton.alpha = 1 // How do I allow for this?
How do I allow gameCenterButton state to change outside of it's class. Is there something I need to do in AppDelegate?

Answer 1

Put var gameCenterEnabled = false outside (above) of your GameKitHelper class, thus making it "global". You will likely be prompted to remove the self. in self.gameCenterEnabled = false and in self.gameCenterEnabled = true. Do so.
Now, you can reference gameCenterEnabled in VC1's class and change gameCenterButton's state like this:
// code to determine gameCenterButton's state based on gameCenterEnabled's status
if gameCenterEnabled == false {
self.gameCenterButton.isEnabled = false
self.gameCenterButton.alpha = 0.37
} else {
self.gameCenterButton.isEnabled = true
self.gameCenterButton.alpha = 1
}