How to press on a tableview cell to present a view controller with the text in navigation controller - ios

Question

Essentially I have a view controller called FirstViewController, this view controller contains a table view within it called listTableView.
I would like to tap on one of the cells in the table view listTableView and present whatever text was in the cell as the navigation controller title.
The navigation controller that appears when the cell is tapped is called showDetailsViewController.
How can this be done?
The following is what I have written in the FirstViewController
import UIKit
import AudioToolbox
class FirstViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate, FeedModelProtocol {
var feedItems: NSArray = NSArray()
var selectedStock : StockModel = StockModel()
let tableView = UITableView()
#IBOutlet weak var listTableView: UITableView!
#IBOutlet weak var refreshButton: UIBarButtonItem!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//set delegates and initialize FeedModel
self.listTableView.delegate = self
self.listTableView.dataSource = self
let feedModel = FeedModel()
feedModel.delegate = self
feedModel.downloadItems()
}
override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
return .lightContent
}
#IBAction func reloadData(_ sender: Any) {
print("reload pressed")
listTableView.reloadData()
viewDidLoad()
_ = AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(1519)
}
func itemsDownloaded(items: NSArray) {
feedItems = items
self.listTableView.reloadData()
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
// Return the number of feed items
print("item feed loaded")
return feedItems.count
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
// Retrieve cell
let cellIdentifier: String = "stockCell"
let myCell: UITableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier)!
myCell.textLabel?.textAlignment = .center
myCell.textLabel?.font = .boldSystemFont(ofSize: 18)
// Get the stock to be shown
let item: StockModel = feedItems[indexPath.row] as! StockModel
// Configure our cell title made up of name and price
let titleStr = [item.customer].compactMap { $0 }.joined(separator: "-")
print(titleStr)
// Get references to labels of cell
myCell.textLabel!.text = titleStr
return myCell
}
}
UPDATE:
What is the issue with this code:
NOTE:
The restoration id of the tableview is scheduleTable
var homeworkIdentifierFromTableViewCell = ""
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
homeworkIdentifierFromTableViewCell = feedItems[indexPath.row].myCell
self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "scheduleTable", sender: self)
listTableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}
UPDATE 2
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let item: StockModel = feedItems[indexPath.row] as! StockModel
let titleStr = [item.customer].compactMap { $0 }.joined(separator: "-")
print(titleStr)
}

Answer 1

You can use the didSelectRowAt to notice what cell was clicked and store what the text in the cell was (homeworkArray is the list of cells from a struct. Homeworkidentifier is a value in the struct).
var homeworkIdentifierFromTableViewCell = ""
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
homeworkIdentifierFromTableViewCell = homeworkArray[indexPath.row].homeworkIdentifier
self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "homeworktoExpandHomework", sender: self)
homeworkTableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}
Then, you could use a prepare for a segue function to pass the text of the table view cell to the next view controller. You do this by creating a variable in the other view controller (the one that you are going to pass data to) and later accessing it from the other view controller and changing its value.
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
if segue.identifier == "reportBug" {
let destinationViewController = segue.destination as! WebViewController
destinationViewController.reason = "reportBug"
}
else if segue.identifier == "provideFeedback" {
let destinationViewController = segue.destination as! WebViewController
destinationViewController.reason = "provideFeedback"
}
}
Here is more about passing data between viewcontrollers : Passing data between View Controllers in Swift (From TableView to DetailViewController)
Hope this helps
EDIT:
Here is the struct I am using :
struct homeworkTableViewCellData {
let homeworkName : String!
let className : String!
let dateName : String!
let colorImage : UIImage!
let homeworkIdentifier : String!
}
I have initialized my homeworkArray with this struct. When I am calling a value from the cell, I am picking one from in the struct.
To set the table view with a struct is more organized. This is a good video that teaches you how to set it up (if you are want to do that) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAWO9rldyUE&list=LL--UalPCi7F16WzDFhMEg7w&index=20&t=921s