Singleton Class ArrayCollection within Flashbuilder (Mobile) empty?

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I am currently trying to implememnt a Singleton Class in order to store a ArrayCollection of items that I can then access and manipulate across the lifecycle of my app. I have created the below Singleton Class that is designed to hold the ArrayCollection information:

    package valueObjects
    {
        import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;    
        
        [Bindable]
        public class Model
        {
            private static var instance:Model = new Model();
            
            public var ids:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
                                    
            public function Model()
            {
                if(instance)
                {
                    trace("New instance cannot be created. Use Singleton.getInstance()");
                }
            }
            
            public static function getInstance():Model
            {
                return instance;
            }
        }
    }

I have then created the following code on the Main Deafult page for my application so that the ArrayCollection is populated as soon as the app is initiated:


            import valueObjects.Model;            
            
            protected var models:Model = new Model();

                    private function loop():void
            {
                var index:int;
                for( index = 0; index < compsCollection.length; index++ )
                {
                    trace( "Element " + index + " is " +  compsCollection[index].comp_id );
                                models.ids.addItem(compsCollection[index].comp_id);
                    trace(models.ids.length);
                }                
            }

The ArrayCollection in the Singleton Class is being populated as the trace statement that I have entered into the loop clearly shows the build of of data in the ArrayCollection. However then when I move to another view within the application I then try to access this ArrayCollection within the Singleton Class with the following code:

    import valueObjects.Model;
    
    protected var models:Model = Model.getInstance();
    protected var test:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
    
    protected function view1_viewActivateHandler(event:ViewNavigatorEvent):void
                {
                    
                    var index:int;
                    trace("Array Length =" + models.ids.length);
                    for( index = 0; index < models.ids.length; index++ )
                    {
                        trace( "Element " + index + " is " + models.ids[index].comp_id );
                        test.addItem(models.ids[index].comp_id);
                    }    
                    testbox.text = test.toString(); 
                }

Now the problem I am having is that when I try to access this ArrayCollection(ids) it appears to be empty for some reason. I have included a trace statement that also says that the length of the ArrayCollection is “0”. Can anyone please help??