Swift Button inside CustomCell (TableView) passing arguments to targetMethod - ios

Question

My TableView features custom Cells which have a button to display corresponding detailed info in another view.
This thread here got me started and I tried to implement the approach with the delegate inside the customCell:
How to access the content of a custom cell in swift using button tag?
What I want to achieve is that when I click on the button it reads the name of the cell and passes it on to the next controller. However it seems that I cannot pass the name with the delegate method and its field is nil.
How can I get the specific content of a cell when clicking on its button?
This is what I did so far:
In the class creating my own cell I set delegate:
protocol CustomCellDelegate {
func cellButtonTapped(cell: DemoCell)
}
(........)
var delegate: CustomCellDelegate?
#IBAction func buttonTapped(sender: AnyObject) {
delegate?.cellButtonTapped(self)
}
In the TableViewController I have the following:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath
indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell =
tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("FoldingCell",
forIndexPath: indexPath) as! DemoCell
cell.delegate = self
//TODO: set all custom cell properties here (retrieve JSON and set in cell), use indexPath.row as arraypointer
let resultList = self.items["result"] as! [[String: AnyObject]]
let itemForThisRow = resultList[indexPath.row]
cell.schoolNameClosedCell.text = itemForThisRow["name"] as! String
cell.schoolNameOpenedCell.text = itemForThisRow["name"] as! String
self.schoolIdHelperField = itemForThisRow["name"] as! String
cell.schoolIntroText.text = itemForThisRow["name"] as! String
//call method when button inside cell is tapped
cell.innerCellButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(MainTableViewController.cellButtonTapped(_:)), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
cell.school_id = itemForThisRow["name"] as! String
// cell.schoolIntroText.text = "We from xx University..."
return cell
}
And finally the target method when the button inside the cell is clicked
func cellButtonTapped(cell: DemoCell) {
print("the school id: ")
print(cell.schoolNameOpenedCell) //this line throws an error EXC_BAD_ACCESS 0x0
}

Answer 1

Firstly, the object innerCellButton is not a Cell, it's a button. The simple way to solve your problem is, just refer the index of the button. Please find the below method.
func cellButtonTapped(AnyObject: sender) {
let resultList = self.items["result"] as! [[String: AnyObject]]
//Get the tag value of the selected button.
//Button tag should be matching with the corresponding cell's indexpath.row
let selectedIndex = sender.tag
let itemForThisRow = resultList[selectedIndex]
print("the school id: \(itemForThisRow[\"name\"])")
}
* And set each button's tag as indexPath.row *
E.g.,
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath
indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
// Dequeue your cell and other code goes here.
// set the button's tag like below.
cell.innerCellButton.tag = indexPath.row
return cell
}

Answer 2

Close. I wouldn't use Suresh's method since it does not help find the IndexPath, which includes section and row.
First, I would recommend a model object for your table view data source. Learn more about the MVC pattern as well as parsing a JSON response to an object with mapping. However, this would give you the data you want.
func cellButtonTapped(cell: UITableViewCell) {
let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForCell(cell)
let resultList = self.items["result"] as! [[String: AnyObject]]
let itemForThisRow = resultList[indexPath.row]
let name = itemForThisRow["name"] as! String
}