How to connect swift codes and storyboard? - ios

Question

I am trying to figure out a way to use the Pod ColorMatchTabs, however its example is doing it programmatically and I can't find a way to use them in my project. I will summarize this:
To use the pod, I have to follow this protocols to install the tabs in my viewController:
extension ExampleViewController: ColorMatchTabsViewControllerDataSource {
func tabsViewController(_ controller: ColorMatchTabsViewController, iconAt index: Int) -> UIImage {
return TabItemsProvider.items[index].normalImage
}
func tabsViewController(_ controller: ColorMatchTabsViewController, hightlightedIconAt index: Int) -> UIImage {
return TabItemsProvider.items[index].highlightedImage
}
func numberOfItems(inController controller: ColorMatchTabsViewController) -> Int {
return TabItemsProvider.items.count
}
func tabsViewController(_ controller: ColorMatchTabsViewController, viewControllerAt index: Int) -> UIViewController {
return StubContentViewControllersProvider.viewControllers[index]
}
func tabsViewController(_ controller: ColorMatchTabsViewController, titleAt index: Int) -> String {
return TabItemsProvider.items[index].title
}
func tabsViewController(_ controller: ColorMatchTabsViewController, tintColorAt index: Int) -> UIColor {
return TabItemsProvider.items[index].tintColor
}
These are the protocols to handle how the tabs look like, how many items and my difficulties are in the part calling UIViewController. I assume it return which controllers are used based on which tab, and here goes the code in StubContentViewControllersProvider:
import UIKit
import ColorMatchTabs
class StubContentViewControllersProvider {
static let viewControllers: [UIViewController] = {
let productsViewController = StubContentViewController()
productsViewController.type = .products
let venuesViewController = StubContentViewController()
venuesViewController.type = .venues
let reviewsViewController = StubContentViewController()
reviewsViewController.type = .reviews
let usersViewController = StubContentViewController()
usersViewController.type = .users
return [productsViewController, venuesViewController, reviewsViewController, usersViewController]
}()
}
I assume we are calling all the controllers from StubContentViewController and here is how it looks like:
import UIKit
class StubContentViewController: UITableViewController {
enum `Type` {
case products, venues, reviews, users
}
var type: Type!
fileprivate var objects: [UIImage] = []
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
setupTableView()
setupDataSource()
}
fileprivate func setupTableView() {
tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
tableView.allowsSelection = true
tableView.separatorColor = UIColor.clear
tableView.register(UINib(nibName: "ExampleTableViewCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
}
fileprivate func setupDataSource() {
if type == .products || type == .reviews {
self.objects = [UIImage(named: "product_card1")!, UIImage(named: "product_card2")!]
} else if type == .venues || type == .users {
self.objects = [UIImage(named: "venue_card1")!, UIImage(named: "venue_card2")!]
}
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return objects.count
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! ExampleTableViewCell
let image = objects[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row]
cell.apply(image)
return cell
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
return tableView.bounds.width / 1.4
}
}
So my question here is, I am setting up a TableViewController and reference it to StubContentViewController in storyboard, but why when I make changes in the storyboard, it doesn't make any effect? And for example I want to perform a segue for the table cell, I couldn't find any way to make it via the storyboard?