Passing data between UITableViewCell and UITableViewController? - iphone

Question

I created master details template project in xcode 4.6 and I added custom cell with 2 textfields. I also created new class which is subclass of UITableViewCell and inside this class I created outlets for text fields. When user types something NSMutableArray is updated and this works fine. Now I am wondering how to pass this array back to MasterViewController (UITableViewController) so that I can use this data to show calculations.
I tried using tutorials for delegates between UIViewControllers but I keep getting errors. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You shouldn't keep data inside the UITableViewCell, as it breaks the MVC.
You need to get a reference of the UITextField on your cell. This is how I do in a login form:
I have a custom cell subclass called TextFieldCell, it has an outlet called textField, I want that my UITableViewController have references to these UITextFields.
First I open my storyboard, set the cell class to TextFieldCell and than connect the UITextField to cell textField outlet. Than I add this to the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
(…)
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
// Sets the textField of the first cell as the loginTextField.
self.loginTextField = tCell.textField;
} else {
// Sets the textField of the second cell as the passwordTextField.
self.passwordTextField = tCell.textField;
}
tCell.textField.delegate = self;
(…)
}
Now I can access the value of my loginTextField and my passwordTextField. I do that on the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: because that's when I'm creating the cell to add to the table view.

Answer 2

In your case you need to create Protocol:
I just Give Basic Idea for how to Create Protocol
Also Read This Question
#DetailViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#protocol MasterDelegate <NSObject>
-(void) getButtonTitile:(NSString *)btnTitle;
#end
#interface DetailViewController : MasterViewController
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<MasterDelegate> customDelegate;
#DetailViewController.m
if([self.customDelegate respondsToSelector:#selector(getButtonTitile:)])
{
[self.customDelegate getButtonTitile:button.currentTitle];
}
#MasterViewController.m
create obj of DetailViewController
DetailViewController *obj = [[DetailViewController alloc] init];
obj.customDelegate = self;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:reportTypeVC animated:YES];
and add delegate method in MasterViewController.m for get button title.
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark - Custom Delegate Method
-(void) getButtonTitile:(NSString *)btnTitle;
{
NSLog(#"%#", btnTitle);
}