Getting a button press from a custom UITableViewCell's button - iphone

Question

I have a project with a custom UITableViewCell (cell.h/.m/.xib) that has 2 labels (labelMain/labelSub), and 2 buttons on it (buttonName/buttonInfo) linked to 2 actions (showName/showInfo).
What I want to do is be able to access the 2 actions in my projects main viewcontroller so that when showName is pressed, a textfield.text in the viewcontroller (not in the cell) is set to that specific cell's labelMain.text.
Hope that makes sense. My problem is that if I write the action (showName) in the cell.m, I cannot access the textfield from my main viewcontroller. On the flip side, if I write the action in my viewcontroller, how do I know which button inside which cell was tapped?
Hope this makes sense...

Answer 1

Use tag can identify which button in which cell is being tapped.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableViews cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//init identifier
if (cell ==nil)
{
//load nib file
}
buttonName.tag = indexPath.row;
[buttonName addTarget:self action:#selector(showName:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
buttonInfo.tag = indexPath.row;
[buttonInfo addTarget:self action:#selector(showInfo:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}
}
-(void) showName:(UIButton*)button{
int row = button.tag; //you know that which row button is tapped
}
-(void)showInfo:(UIButton*)button{
int row = button.tag;//you know that which row button is tapped
}
---------------- EDIT -------------
If you need to know which button is pressed based on row & section, you may try this below. (in cellForRowAtIndexPath: method)
int tag = (indexPath.row+1)+(indexPath.section*100);
buttonName.tag = tag;
When button at
row = 5, section = 0 then tag = 6.
row = 4, section = 3 then tag = 305.
row = 0, section = 11 then tag =1101.
limitation, row cannot be more than 99. and DON'T use positive tag for other view. if you need use tag, try negative. (-1, -9, -100).
so from here, you can calculate back row & section of indexPath. using this :
-(NSIndexPath*)getIndexPathFromTag:(NSInteger)tag{
/* To get indexPath from textfeidl tag,
TextField tag set = (indexPath.row +1) + (indexPath.section*100) */
int row =0;
int section =0;
for (int i =100; i<tag; i=i+100) {
section++;
}
row = tag - (section*100);
row-=1;
return [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:row inSection:section];
}
how to use :
-(void)showInfo:(UIButton*)button{
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self getIndexPathFromTag:button.tag];
int row = indexPath.row;
int section = indexPath.section;
}

Answer 2

Try this in viewController.m file in cellForRowAtIndexPath method
[[customCell showNameBtn] setTag:indexPath.row];
[[customCell showNameBtn] addTarget:self action:#selector(showName:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
-(void) showName:(id)sender
{
// check here the sender tag and then perform you action what you want.
}

Answer 3

I suggest to use delegate(protocol) method for this. You will be having full control on the button, cell and the view controller. And its very simple too

Answer 4

The simplest solution in my opinion:
In your CustomCell.h :
#property (nonatomic, copy) void (^buttonTapAction)(id sender);
In your CustomCell.m create the IBAction and connect it to your UIButton :
-(IBAction)cellButtonIsPressed:(id)sender{
if (self.buttonTapAction) {
self.buttonTapAction(sender);
}
}
Then in the ViewController.m where your UITableView is managed :
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString* cellIdentifier = #"customCell";
CustomCell* cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
cell.buttonTapAction = ^(id sender){
//Do what you want to do when the button inside THIS cell is clicked
};
}

Answer 5

Try to create the button dynamically, with its methods in same controller. Do this in cellForRowAtIndexPath: method:
if (cell == nil)
{
NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"WorkRequestedCC" owner:self options:nil];
{
for (id oneObject in nib) if ([oneObject isKindOfClass:[WorkRequestedCC class]])
cell = (WorkRequestedCC *)oneObject;
}
UILabel *costLbl=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(792, 13, 10, 15)];
costLbl.text=#"$";
[costLbl setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
UITextField *txtCost=[[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(805, 10, 94, 27)];
txtCost.backgroundColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
[txtCost setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad];
txtCost.text=obj.expCost;
[txtCost addTarget:self action:#selector(textChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventEditingChanged];
[cell.contentView addSubview:costLbl];
[cell.contentView addSubview:txtCost];
cell.lblDes.text=obj.expDes;
}
- (void)textChanged
{
//your code here
}