Button from UITableViewController sends data to detailViewController - swift - ios

Question

I have a problem that I cannot wrap my head around.. You cannot create a button action in a UITableViewController.. So I tried to just control + drag from the button to the detailtableViewController and pressed push.. But when I use prepareForSegue and I then click on the button it should send the button text to a string in the detailtableViewController, but sometimes it's not the correct name, because there are multiple cells in the tableView and the name is not always the same..
What I need it to do is, when you click the button "Button:
It should go to this detailtableViewController:
With the name that is set as text to the Button.
The variable that should receive the name of the button is called viaSegue and it is a string.
My UITableViewController:
class feedTableViewController: UITableViewController, PostCellDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var loadingSpinner: UIActivityIndicatorView!
#IBOutlet weak var profilePicture: UIImageView!
var sendName = "No name"
var facebookProfileUrl = ""
var dbRef: FIRDatabaseReference!
var updates = [Sweet]()
var gottenUserId : Bool? = false
var gottenUserIdWorkout : Bool? = false
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let logoImage = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: 60, height: 32))
logoImage.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
let logo = UIImage(named: "logo.png")
logoImage.image = logo
self.navigationItem.titleView = logoImage
loadingSpinner.startAnimating()
if let user = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser {
let userId = user.uid
let storage = FIRStorage.storage()
// Refer to your own Firebase storage
let storageRef = storage.referenceForURL("**********")
let profilePicRef = storageRef.child(userId+"/profile_pic.jpg")
// Download in memory with a maximum allowed size of 1MB (1 * 1024 * 1024 bytes)
profilePicRef.dataWithMaxSize(1 * 300 * 300) { (data, error) -> Void in
if (error != nil) {
// Uh-oh, an error occurred!
print("Unable to download image")
} else {
// Data for "images/island.jpg" is returned
// ... let islandImage: UIImage! = UIImage(data: data!)
if (data != nil){
self.profilePicture.image = UIImage(data: data!)
self.profilePicture.layer.cornerRadius = self.profilePicture.frame.size.width/2
self.profilePicture.clipsToBounds = true
}
}
}
}
dbRef = FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("feed-items")
startObersvingDB()
tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 205
}
func startObersvingDB() {
FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("feed-items").queryOrderedByChild("date").observeEventType(.Value, withBlock: { (snapshot: FIRDataSnapshot) in
var newUpdates = [Sweet]()
for update in snapshot.children {
let updateObject = Sweet(snapshot: update as! FIRDataSnapshot)
newUpdates.append(updateObject)
}
self.updates = newUpdates.reverse()
self.tableView.reloadData()
}) { (error: NSError) in
print(error.description)
}
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
}
// MARK: - Table view data source
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return updates.count
}
protocol PostCellDelegate: class {
func postCell(postCell: PostCell, didTouchUpInside button: UIButton)
}
func postCell(postCell: PostCell, didTouchUpInside button: UIButton) {
let identifier = "toDetailtableViewController"
let username = postCell.nameButton.titleLabel?.text
performSegue(withIdentifier: identifier, sender: username)
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
// Lots of stuff happening here
My custom cell:
class updateTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var updateLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var picView: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var likesLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var likeButton: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var hand: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var dateLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var nameButton: UIButton!
weak var delegate: PostCellDelegate?
var pathDB : String!
var dbRef: FIRDatabaseReference!
var gottenUserId : Bool? = false
var sendNameCell = "No name here"
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
}
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
#IBAction func likeTapped(sender: AnyObject) {
//print(pathDB)
checkClickOnLikeButton()
}
#IBAction func didTouchUpInsideButton(sender: AnyObject) {
delegate?.postCell(self, didTouchUpInside: button)
}
func checkClickOnLikeButton() {
let dataPathen = self.pathDB
// print(dataPathen)
if let user = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser {
let userId = user.uid
FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("feed-items").child(dataPathen).child("likesForPost").observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { (snapshot) in
// Get user value
self.gottenUserId = snapshot.value![userId] as? Bool
// print(self.gottenUserId)
if self.gottenUserId == true {
print("Der er trykket high five før")
FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("feed-items").child(dataPathen).child("likesForPost").child(userId).removeValue()
let greyButtonColor = UIColor(red: 85/255, green: 85/255, blue: 85/255, alpha: 1.0)
self.likeButton.setTitleColor(greyButtonColor, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
self.hand.image = UIImage(named: "high.png")
} else {
print("Der er IKKE trykket like før")
let quoteString = [userId: true]
FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("feed-items").child(dataPathen).child("likesForPost").updateChildValues(quoteString)
let blueButtonColor = UIColor(red: 231/255, green: 45/255, blue: 60/255, alpha: 1.0)
self.likeButton.setTitleColor(blueButtonColor, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
self.hand.image = UIImage(named: "highfive.png")
}
// ...
}) { (error) in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Assuming you have already created a custom class for the cell containing the Button, you must create an #IBAction for the didTouchUpInside event. You must also create a segue directly from the UITableViewController to the detailtableViewController (so not from a button or a view, from one view controller to the other). You will need to give this segue an identifier since we're going to be performing it manually.
Once you've hooked up the #IBAction in the cell, we need a way of performing the segue from the cell. To do this, we need a reference to the UITableViewController. We could get it using delegates or maybe responders, recently I've been using responders.
Delegate
Create a protocol for your UITableViewController to conform to.
protocol PostCellDelegate: class {
func postCell(_ postCell: PostCell, didTouchUpInside button: UIButton)
}
Create a delegate variable in your custom cell class call it's didTouchUpInside method from button's #IBAction for that event.
weak var delegate: PostCellDelegate?
#IBAction func didTouchUpInsideButton() {
delegate?.postCell(self, didTouchUpInside: button)
}
Now in your UITableViewController, you must conform to the delegate and set the delegate of the cells in the cellForRowAt method.
class tableViewController: UITableViewController, PostCellDelegate {
//...
// MARK: PostCellDelegate
func postCell(_ postCell: PostCell, didTouchUpInside button: UIButton) {
let identifier = "toDetailtableViewController"
let username = postCell.button.titleLabel?.text
performSegue(withIdentifier: identifier, sender: username)
}
//...
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
...
cell.delegate = self
return cell
}
//...
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
super.prepare(for: segue, sender: sender)
switch (segue.destination, sender) {
case let (controller as detailtableViewController, username as String):
controller.usernameTextField.text = username
break
default:
break
}
}
}