How can I get indexPath.row in cell.swift - swift

Question

I have 2 files.
myTableViewController.swift
myTableCell.swift
Can I get the indexPath.row in myTabelCell.swift function?
Here is myTableCell.swift
import UIKit
import Parse
import ActiveLabel
class myTableCell : UITableViewCell {
//Button
#IBOutlet weak var commentBtn: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var likeBtn: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var moreBtn: UIButton!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
}
#IBAction func likeBtnTapped(_ sender: AnyObject) {
//declare title of button
let title = sender.title(for: UIControlState())
//I want get indexPath.row in here!
}
Here is myTableViewController.swift
class myTableViewController: UITableViewController {
//Default func
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//automatic row height
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 450
tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
}
// cell config
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
//define cell
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "myTableCell", for: indexPath) as! myTableCell
}
As you can see... I'm trying to get indexPath.row in myTableCell, liktBtnTapped function.
Could you let me know how can I access or get IndexPath.row?

Answer 1

I have created a UIResponder extension with a recursive method that you can use in any UIView (which inherits from UIResponder) to find a parent view of a specific type.
import UIKit
extension UIResponder {
/**
* Returns the next responder in the responder chain cast to the given type, or
* if nil, recurses the chain until the next responder is nil or castable.
*/
func next<U: UIResponder>(of type: U.Type = U.self) -> U? {
return self.next.flatMap({ $0 as? U ?? $0.next() })
}
}
Using this, we can extend UITableViewCell with some convenient read-only computed properties for the table view and index path of the cell.
extension UITableViewCell {
var tableView: UITableView? {
return self.next(of: UITableView.self)
}
var indexPath: IndexPath? {
return self.tableView?.indexPath(for: self)
}
}
Here is how you could use it in your example:
#IBAction func likeBtnTapped(_ sender: AnyObject) {
//declare title of button
let title = sender.title(for: UIControlState())
//I want get indexPath.row in here!
self.indexPath.flatMap { print($0) }
}

Answer 2

Swift 4+
Try this inside your cell.
func getIndexPath() -> IndexPath? {
guard let superView = self.superview as? UITableView else {
print("superview is not a UITableView - getIndexPath")
return nil
}
indexPath = superView.indexPath(for: self)
return indexPath
}

Answer 3

Easy.. You can do like this inside button action:
let section = 0
let row = sender.tag
let indexPath = IndexPath(row: row, section: section)
let cell: myTableCell = self.feedTableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as! myTableCell
And afterwards in cellForRowAtIndexPath:
// add the row as the tag
cell.button.tag = indexPath.row

Answer 4

Another Approach for Swift 4.2 and not assuming Superview will be always a tableview
extension UITableViewCell{
var tableView:UITableView?{
return superview as? UITableView
}
var indexPath:IndexPath?{
return tableView?.indexPath(for: self)
}
}
Usage example
#IBAction func checkBoxAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
guard let indexPath = indexPath else { return }
sender.isSelected = !sender.isSelected
myCustomCellDelegate?.checkBoxTableViewCell(didSelectCheckBox: sender.isSelected, for: indexPath)
}

Answer 5

Swift 4.1. Here I created function to get IndexPath. Just pass your UIView(UIButton,UITextField etc) and UITableView object to get IndexPath.
func getIndexPathFor(view: UIView, tableView: UITableView) -> IndexPath? {
let point = tableView.convert(view.bounds.origin, from: view)
let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRow(at: point)
return indexPath
}

Answer 6

Create a property indexPath in the cell class and set it in cellForRowAtIndexPath when the cell is reused.
But there is a caveat: Some table view methods to rearrange the cells don't call cellForRowAtIndexPath. You have to consider this case.
But if you use always only reloadData() it's safe and pretty easy.
Another way is to put the code regarding controlling things back in the controller class and run it via callback closures capturing the index path.

Answer 7

Heres another way of doing it
import UIKit
import Parse
import ActiveLabel
class myTableCell : UITableViewCell {
//Button
#IBOutlet weak var commentBtn: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var likeBtn: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var moreBtn: UIButton!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
}
}
class myTableViewController: UITableViewController {
//Default func
//assuming you have an array for your table data source
var arrayOfTitles = [String]()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//automatic row height
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 450
tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
}
// cell config
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
//define cell
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "myTableCell", for: indexPath) as! myTableCell
cell.commentBtn.tag = indexPath.row
cell.commentBtn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(likeBtnTapped(_:), forControlEvents:.TouchUpInside)
//cell config end
#IBAction func likeBtnTapped(sender: UIButton) {
let btn = sender
let indexP = NSIndexPath(forItem: btn.tag, inSection: 0)
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "myTableCell", for: indexP) as! myTableCell
//I want get indexPath.row in here!
let title = arrayOfTitles[indexP.row]
//declare title of button
cell.commentBtn.setTitle(title, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
}
}

Answer 8

My solution was subclassing UITableViewCell, so can add IndexPath property. assign custom class for table view cell in storyboard. assign IndexPath value when rowAtIndexPath called.
class MyTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
var indexPath: IndexPath?
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cellid1", for: indexPath)
(cell as? MyTableViewCell)?.indexPath = indexPath
return cell
}

Answer 9

Swift 5:
if
let collectionView = superview as? UICollectionView,
let index = collectionView.indexPath(for: self)
{
// stuff
}