How to use 2 UIPickerViews in the same view controller? [duplicate] - ios

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My code below uses a UIPickerView and works perfectly. However I do not know how to repeat this process for 2 different picker views that each contain separate information. l2 and pl2 are the 2nd picker view and label.
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate{
#IBOutlet var l: UILabel!
#IBOutlet var pl: UIPickerView!
#IBOutlet var l2: UILabel!
#IBOutlet var pl2: UIPickerView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
pl.dataSource = self
pl.delegate = self
pl2.dataSource = self
pl2.delegate = self
}
let choices = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11"]
let choices2 = ["1","judo","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11"]
func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String? {
if pickerView == pl {
return choices[row]
} else if pickerView == pl2 {
return choices2[row]
} else {
return nil
}
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
return choices.count
return choices2.count
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, didSelectRow row: Int, inComponent component: Int) {
if pickerView == pl {
l.text = choices[row]
} else if pickerView == pl2 {
l2.text = choices2[row]
}
}
}

Answer 1

You have a reference to your UIPickerView in the delegate methods so you can do code like :
func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
if(pickerView == pl) {
//pl specific code
}
if(pickerView == pl2) {
//pl2 specific code
}
}
And do that for every method.

Answer 2

You have to set up your ViewController as the DataSource and Delegate of pl2 as well and in the delegate and datasource methods you should filter for the UIPickerView.
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate{
#IBOutlet var l: UILabel!
#IBOutlet var pl: UIPickerView!
#IBOutlet var l2: UILabel!
#IBOutlet var pl2: UIPickerView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
pl.dataSource = self
pl.delegate = self
pl2.dataSource = self
pl2.delegate = self
}
let choices = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11"]
func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String? {
if pickerView == pl1 {
return choices[row]
} else if pickerView == pl2 {
return choices2[row] //or whatever you want to use as the dataSource for pl2
} else {
return nil
}
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
//do the same as above
return choices.count
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, didSelectRow row: Int, inComponent component: Int) {
//do the same as above
l.text = choices[row]
}
}