How to get cell index from uiview in uitableviewcell (swift/xcode) - swift

Question

I have two UIViewControllers called upVote and downVote in MyTableViewCell class. I have added the gesture recognizers for tapping these views programmatically but am not sure how to get the parent cell or index of the cell so I know which cell the UIView that was tapped is in. How do I get the cell or index of the tapped cell in the functions handleTapUp and handleTapDown?
Here is my class
class MyTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
// MARK: Properties
#IBOutlet weak var nameLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var upVote: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var downVote: UIImageView!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
let tapUp = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTapUp:")
tapUp.delegate = self
upVote.addGestureRecognizer(tapUp)
let tapDown = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTapDown:")
tapDown.delegate = self
downVote.addGestureRecognizer(tapDown)
}
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
func handleTapUp(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer? = nil) {
// handling code
// get cell(index)
}
func handleTapDown(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer? = nil) {
// handling code
// get cell()
}
}
I have tried self.superclass to get the uitableviewcell, and when i print the debug description it say uitableviewcell, but whenever I try to do anything else with the object I get an error that self.superclass is type AnyObject. I have tried declaring/casting self.superclass in many different ways and none have worked. This seems like it should be simple so hopefully I am missing something.

Answer 1

Declare a variable in your customCellClass:-
var indexForCell : NSIndexPath!
In your ViewControllers where you are dequeing the cells in the function func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell add this :-
cell.indexForCell = indexPath
Now access the indexForCell in your functions in your class:-
func handleTapUp(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer? = nil) {
let rowValue = indexForCell.row
}
func handleTapDown(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer? = nil) {
// handling code
// get cell()
}