How to Send Collection View Cell Text via Segue - ios

Question

I am trying to send a label that is contained within a collection view cell to another view controller with a segue.
My plan is that when a user taps on the collection view cell, the app then segues to the next view controller where the navigation bar's title displays the text of the label in the collection view cell selected.
I have tried this:
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! CCCollectionViewCell
//itemSelected = items[indexPath.row] as String
itemSelected = cell.pLabel.text!
print(itemSelected)
}
and in prepareForSegue I have not written any code as I am not sure how this works.
I commented out the block '..items[indexPath.row] as String' because it won't show the label and added the print function to see what will output but it only outputs the name given in the storyboard.
I am very new to Xcode so am not familiar with didSelect and prepareForSegue. All I am trying to do is to send the text within a collection view cell to another view controller with a segue.

Answer 1

func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "contentVideoSegue", sender: indexPath)
}
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
if segue.identifier == "contentVideoSegue"{
let selectedIndexPath = sender as? NSIndexPath
let videoContentVC = segue.destination as! VideoContentController
videoContentVC.text = items[selectedIndexPath.row] as String
}
}
in the hope of helping :)

Answer 2

From your code you are not calling the performSegue(withIdentifier:sender:) so you probably have created segue from the CollectionViewCell to DestinationViewController. So get the indexPath using this cell in prepareForSegue method.
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
if let cell = sender as? UICollectionViewCell,
let indexPath = self.collectionView.indexPath(for: cell) {
let vc = segue.destination as! SecondViewController //Cast with your DestinationController
//Now simply set the title property of vc
vc.title = items[indexPath.row] as String
}
}

Answer 3

So you don't need to set up the cell in didSelect because you're already doing that in cellForItemAtIndexPath.
Rather you'll want to call performSegue(withIdentifier: "SegueName", sender: indexPath) in your didSelectItemAtIndexPath. Then in your prepareForSegue:
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
guard let indexPath = sender as? IndexPath else { return }
let collectionCell = collectionView.cellForItem(at: indexPath)
let textToPass = collectionCell.textLabel.text
let detailVC = segue.destination as? DetailViewController
detailVC.passedInString = textToPass
}