Set Delegate methods on child view controll - iphone

Question

I am building an application which should allow the user to scroll through the images. Since I have many images (downloaded from the web), what i doing is I have UP and down button on the parent view, in addition i have the scroll view. Based on the selected option (up or down), I add the ImageClass ( created a class which extends UIViewController) view to the scroll view.
Now, on the selected view the user can mark a point or do any stuff.
The question is how from the parent view I can call methods of the Uiviewcontroller. I know how I can set the delegate methods but what I want is that parent controller can call any a method say redraw method which would redraw the entire view.
Code:
-(IBAction) down:(id) sender{
[scrollView2 removeFromSuperview];
}
-(IBAction) down :(id) sender {
[scrollView2 removeFromSuperview];
if(scrollView2 == nil)
scrollView2 = [[UIScrollView alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:scrollView2];
[self.view sendSubviewToBack:scrollView2];
[scrollView2 setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[scrollView2 setCanCancelContentTouches:NO];
scrollView2.clipsToBounds = YES;
// default is NO, we want to restrict drawing within our scrollview
scrollView2.indicatorStyle = UIScrollViewIndicatorStyleWhite;
// CSImageView is a class which of the type UIViewController
imageVie = [[CSImageView alloc] init];
[scrollView2 addSubview:imageVie.view];
[scrollView2 setContentSize:CGSizeMake(1500,1500)];
[scrollView2 setScrollEnabled:YES];
[imageView release];
}
Now, from the parent view controller I want to call say:
imageVie.redraw(); method
Code for CSImageView
#interface CSImageView : UIViewController {
NSNumber *imageId ;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *venueId;
-(void) redraw;
#end
#implementation CSImageView
#synthesize imageId;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)dealloc
{
[super dealloc];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
#pragma mark - View lifecycle
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
}
- (void)viewDidUnload
{
[super viewDidUnload];
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
// Return YES for supported orientations
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
-(void) redraw {
NSLog(#"I am ehre in the test function");
}
#end
Can you please help me on the same. I am not able to call the redraw method. Any input would be appreciated.

Answer 1

First, CSImageView should probably be a subclass of UIView, not UIViewController. You should keep a reference to your instance (i.e. as an instance variable or synthesized property) so you can access it from methods other than - down:.

Answer 2

Wow.
I can't say I follow what you've coded, but here's how you do it.
During this part...add a tag to the view
// CSImageView is a class type UIViewController
imageVie = [[CSImageView alloc] init];
imageVie.tag = 99 // Any number. Preferably a constant
[scrollView2 addSubview:imageVie.view];
...
Then on the parent
view controller. You can ...
-(IBAction) down:(id) sender {
CSImageView *view = [scrollView2 viewWithTag:99];
[view redraw];
... }
Something like that.