Passing a variable from a customCell.xib's button to another UIViewController - swift

Question

My custom cell has a button that when clicked, the user can be taken to another ViewControler. That button has a titleLabel with the String of a user id. What I want to do is take the user to a new UIViewController, passing that clicked buttons's titleLabel (user id) to a variable on the new View Controller. That way, I can use that variable (user id) get further information from firebase and display it on the UI View controller.
on the .xib of the custom cell, I print the UID to make sure each button prints with the correspondent ID, which it does. I can't figure out a way to pass that ID to a new ViewController.
I tried researching online and I found out you can't do prepare(for segue) or performsegue(WithIdentifier) on a customCell.xib.
I tried doing delegates and then protocols but still couldn't get it to work. I am new with Swift. Any help would be great, thank you!
This is the customCell.Xib's Swift file:
class CustomCellTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var postImage: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var nameLbl: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var descriptionLbl: UITextView!
#IBOutlet weak var profileImageBtn: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var profileImage: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var view: UIView!
var btnSelected : Bool = false
var vcInstance: ProfilesTableVC?
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
view.clipsToBounds = true
view.layer.cornerRadius = view.frame.size.width / 2
profileImage.layer.cornerRadius = profileImage.frame.size.width / 2
descriptionLbl.alpha = 0.7
}
override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
}
#IBAction func profileBtnPressed(_ sender: Any) {
let passValue = UserProfileVC()
let profileTvC = ProfilesTableVC()
print (profileImageBtn.titleLabel!.text!)
var id = (profileImageBtn.titleLabel!.text!)
profileTvC.didSelectProfileBtn(senderID: id)
}
This is the tableViewController, where I everything gets loaded (not where I want to pass the value). I tried passing the value here and then do a prepareForSegue to pass the value to the new UIViewController but the value becomes nil after the segue happens. I am just including code where the .xib call the function from the table view.
class ProfilesTableVC: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITextFieldDelegate,UINavigationControllerDelegate, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate{
let cell = CustomCellTableViewCell()
func didSelectProfileBtn(senderID: String) {
senderIDArray.append(senderID)
var index = senderIDArray.count - 1
selectedCellUserID = senderIDArray[index]
performSegue(withIdentifier: "showSendersProfile", sender: Any?.self)
}
This is the UIViewController where I want to pass the variable and display further information from Firebase using that ID
import UIKit
import Firebase
class UserProfileVC: UIViewController {
let customCell = CustomCellTableViewCell()
let profileTvC = ProfilesTableVC()
#IBOutlet weak var profileImage: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var nameLbl: UILabel!
var delegate : Any?
var getName = String()
var getsenderID = String()
let userDataRef = Database.database().reference().child("Users")
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
print("ID is: \(profileTvC.selectedCellUserID)")
let sender = getsenderID
print(sender)
}
}

Answer 1

If you don't want to use protocols, you can addTarget to the button in the tableView - cellForRowAt method, also in that method you set the tag to the row index value.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let profileCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier) as! MoviewReviewCell
reviewCell.profileImageBtn.tag = indexPath.row
reviewCell.profileImageBtn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(tappedOnXibCellButton), for: .touchUpInside)
return reviewCell
}
#objc func tappedOnXibCellButton(sender: UIButton) {
print(sender.tag)
performSegue(withIdentifier: reviewListToDetails, sender: sender.tag)
}
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
let identifier = segue.identifier
if identifier == "segueName" {
let destViewController = segue.destination as! DestinationClassViewController
let selectedIndex = sender as! Int
let profileId = profilesList[selectedIndex].id
destViewController.profileId = profileId
}
}

Answer 2

You seem to create a NEW ProfilesTableVC, and try to perform the segue on. The newly created one is not on your view stack, and not from your storyboard.
You could add this while returned cellForRowAt (at the ProfilesTableVC of course):
cell.vcInstance = self
Then in the button click
#IBAction func profileBtnPressed(_ sender: Any) {
print (profileImageBtn.titleLabel!.text!)
var id = (profileImageBtn.titleLabel!.text!)
vcInstance?.didSelectProfileBtn(senderID: id)
}
You can do it with protocols/delegates. I think you tried but there is something wrong with your trial.
Define a callback delegate:
protocol CustomCellDelegate: AnyObject {
func customCell(didSelectButton name: String)
}
You will notice extending AnyObject. This is to allow weak references, try to read about Swift ARC
Then, in your cell:
weak var delegate: CustomCellDelegate?
Then in the profileBtnPressed(_ sender: Any)
#IBAction func profileBtnPressed(_ sender: Any) {
var id = (profileImageBtn.titleLabel!.text!)
delegate?.customCell(didSelectButton: id)
}
When dequeing the cell:
(cell as? CustomCellTableViewCell)?.delegate = self