Tap label in table view? - ios

Question

I have a label I want to tap on using addGestureRecognizer. I put it in cellForRowAtIndexPath but when I do print(label.text), it prints a label from another cell. But when I put it in didSelectRowAtIndexPath, it prints out the right label for that cell.
What is the best way to fix this?
Here is the code:
var variableToPass: String!
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
let cell : MainCell! = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("MainCell") as! MainCell
variableToPass = label1.text
cell.label1.userInteractionEnabled = true
let tapLabel = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.tapLabel(_:)))
cell.label1.addGestureRecognizer(tapLabel)
return cell as MainCell
}
func tapCommentPost(sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
print(variableToPass)
}

Answer 1

I think you forget to set the tap.tag = indexPath.row for identify which cell you tabbed for Find, for example
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
let cell : MainCell! = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("MainCell") as! MainCell
variableToPass = label1.text
cell.label1.userInteractionEnabled = true
let tapLabel = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.tapLabel(_:)))
cell.label1.tag = indexPath.row
tapLabel.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
cell.label1.addGestureRecognizer(tapLabel)
return cell as MainCell
}
func tapLabel(sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
let searchlbl:UILabel = (sender.view as! UILabel)
variableToPass = searchlbl.text!
print(variableToPass)
}

Answer 2

There are several issues with your current code: (1) You're setting variableToPass in cellForRowAtIndexPath:, so assuming label1.text is the label belonging to the cell, as the table loads, the variableToPass will always contain the label text of the last loaded cell. (2) cellForRowAtIndexPath: can be called multiple times for each cell (for example, as you scroll) so you could be adding multiple gesture recognizers to a single cell.
In order to resolve issue #1, remove the variableToPass variable entirely and instead directly access the gesture's label view. In order to resolve issue #2, I'd recommend adding the gesture recognizer to your custom MainCell table view cell, but if you don't want to do that, at least only add a gesture recognizer if one isn't already there.
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("MainCell") as! MainCell
if cell.label1.gestureRecognizers?.count == 0 {
cell.label1.userInteractionEnabled = true
let tapLabel = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.tapCommentPost(_:))) // I assume "tapLabel" was a typo in your original post
cell.label1.addGestureRecognizer(tapLabel)
}
return cell
}
func tapCommentPost(sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
print((sender.view as! UILabel).text) // <-- Most important change!
}