Set CheckBox on - off - ios

Question

I made a custom checkbox with button by creatin a class of UIButton
here is the class
import UIKit
class CheckBox: UIButton {
// Images
let checkedImage = UIImage(named: "ic_check_box")! as UIImage
let uncheckedImage = UIImage(named: "ic_check_box_outline_blank")! as UIImage
// Bool property
var isChecked: Bool = false {
didSet{
if isChecked == true {
self.setImage(checkedImage, forState: .Normal)
} else {
self.setImage(uncheckedImage, forState: .Normal)
}
}
}
override func awakeFromNib() {
self.addTarget(self, action: "buttonClicked:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
self.isChecked = false
}
func buttonClicked(sender: UIButton) {
if sender == self {
isChecked = !isChecked
}
}
}
I have two checkboxes in the viewcontroller but I dont know how to set checkbox in the ViewController.class to do when checkBox "Si" is checked, the checkbox "No" set unchecked like in the image

Answer 1

Your CheckBox class should adopt a delegation pattern so that it can advise its delegate (which in this case would be your view controller) that its value has changed. Then in your view controller you can update the other checkbox as required:
protocol CheckBoxDelegate {
func checkBoxDidChange(checkbox: CheckBox) -> Void
}
class CheckBox: UIButton {
// Images
let checkedImage = UIImage(named: "ic_check_box")! as UIImage
let uncheckedImage = UIImage(named: "ic_check_box_outline_blank")! as UIImage
weak var delegate: CheckBoxDelegate?
// Bool property
var isChecked: Bool = false {
didSet{
if isChecked == true {
self.setImage(checkedImage, forState: .Normal)
} else {
self.setImage(uncheckedImage, forState: .Normal)
}
}
}
override func awakeFromNib() {
self.addTarget(self, action: "buttonClicked:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
self.isChecked = false
}
func buttonClicked(sender: UIButton) {
isChecked = !isChecked
self.delegate?.checkBoxDidChange(self)
}
}
Then, in your View Controller:
class ViewController: UIViewController, CheckBoxDelegate {
#IBOutlet var siCheckBox: CheckBox! // Initialise some other way if you aren't using storyboard/nib
#IBOutlet var noCheckBox: CheckBox!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.siCheckBox.delegate = self
self.noCheckBox.delegate = self
}
//Mark: CheckBoxDelegate
func checkBoxDidChange(checkbox: CheckBox) {
if checkbox == self.siCheckBox {
self.noCheckBox.isChecked = !checkbox.isChecked
} else {
self.siCheckBox.isChecked = !checkbox.isChecked
}
}
From a user experience point of view, I would question why you need both checkboxes. A checkbox is an on/off control, so you would normally have text like "Select really great option?" with a single checkbox for yes/no; checked is yes, unchecked is no.

Answer 2

I would move func buttonClicked(sender: UIButton) to the parent ViewController.
let siCheckBox = CheckBox()
let noCheckBox = CheckBox()
func checkBoxToggled(sender: AnyObject) {
noCheckbox.isChecked = !noCheckbox.isChecked
siCheckbox.isChecked = !siCheckbox.isChecked
}
This is only safe if you're sure at least 1 is always checked. Otherwise I would add an if statement to make sure at l is checked.