Access to some values from another class in Swift - ios

Question

I have a TableViewCell class like this:
class CampaignsTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var activateButton: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var titleCampaignPlaceholder: UILabel!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
setUpButton()
}
override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
private func setUpButton(){
activateButton.backgroundColor = .clear
activateButton.layer.cornerRadius = 5
activateButton.layer.borderWidth = 1
activateButton.layer.borderColor = UIColor.blue.cgColor
}
}
And, in another class which is a ViewController I have my UITableView methods:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let rowNumber = indexPath.row
let cellIdentifier = "CampaignTableViewCell"
guard let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier, for: indexPath) as? CampaignsTableViewCell else {
fatalError("The dequeued cell is not an instance of TableViewCellController.")
}
cell.titleCampaignPlaceholder.text = campaignsArray[rowNumber].campaignName
return cell
}
I need to use my activateButton in my UITableView method in order to access to campaignsArray. I have another method which requieres values from that array, so I need that method is called every time activateButton is pressed from my UITableView.
Any idea ?
Thank you very much

Answer 1

What I like doing in those cases where you have a button inside your UITableViewCell is the following:
Give the cell a closure that is called when tapping on the button like so
class CampaignsTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
... all your code....
// give your cell a closure that is called when the button is pressed
var onButtonPressed: ((_ sender: UIButton) -> ())?
#IBAction func buttonPressed(sender: UIButton) { // wire that one up in IB
onButtonPressed?(sender)
}
}
and then inside your TableViewController
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier, for: indexPath) as! CampaignsTableViewCell
cell.titleCampaignPlaceholder.text = campaignsArray[rowNumber].campaignName
cell.onButtonPressed = { [weak self] sender in
// Do your magic stuff here
}
return cell
Hope that helps

Answer 2

Your cell will get that event, not tableView. What you need to do is:
Create protocol inside your cell:
protocol CampaignsTableViewProtocol{
func actionButtonPressed(row: Int)
}
class CampaignsTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var activateButton: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var titleCampaignPlaceholder: UILabel!
// keep info about row
var rowIndex: Int = -1
// create delegate that will let your tableView about action button in particular row
var delegate : CampaignsTableViewProtocol?
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
setUpButton()
self. activateButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.activatePressed), for: UIControlEvents.touchDown)
}
override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
func activatePressed(){
self.delegate?.actionButtonPressed(row :rowIndex)
}
private func setUpButton(){
activateButton.backgroundColor = .clear
activateButton.layer.cornerRadius = 5
activateButton.layer.borderWidth = 1
activateButton.layer.borderColor = UIColor.blue.cgColor
}
}
Your tableViewController needs to adopt this protocol:
class MyTableViewController: UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, CampaignsTableViewProtocol {
// rest of the code
}
Also, you will need to implement delegate function in your tableViewController:
func actionButtonPressed(row: Int) {
// get campaign you need
let campaign = campaignsArray[row]
// rest of the code
}