Showing a hidden button - ios

Please bear with me, as I am still learning the ropes of objective c.
I currently have a button that when pressed hides the iOS keyboard. I was wondering how I could do the opposite of this. When a text field is selected, the keyboard automatically appears- at the same time, I'd like this button to also appear on screen.
Thanks!
-(IBAction)done:(id)sender{
//...
//...
[Screen resignFirstResponder];
done.hidden = YES;
};

You will have to use NSNotification. Implement the addObserver in viewWillAppear and removeObserver in viewWillDisappear
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(keyboardWillShow:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
}
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewWillDisappear:animated];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
}
-(void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification*)notification{
done.hidden = NO;
}

register for the UIKeyboardWillShowNotification like this:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(keyboardWillShow:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
and show the button in the method provided:
-(void) keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification*)notification{
done.hidden = NO;
}
do not forget to remove the observer in dealloc with
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];

You can use UITextFieldDelegate method to achieve this for example:
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
done.hidden = NO;
return YES;
}
Hope it will help.

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Observer in UITableviewCell

In my custom UITableViewCell I added an observer in NSNotificationCenter:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(stopActivityIndicator) name:#"stopActivityIndicator" object:nil];
I post a notification in a UIViewController:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"stopActivityIndicator" object:nil];
This function "stopActivityIndicator" is not being called, any idea what causes this?
EDIT:
ExploreViewController.m
-(void)showCorrectBannerAfterPlusButtonClicked:(NSNotification *)notification
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"stopActivityIndicator" object:nil];
}
ExploreViewController contains a UITableView with ExploreTableViewCells.
ExploreTableViewCell.m
- (IBAction)plusButtonClicked:(id)sender
{
self.plusButton.hidden = YES;
[self.plusButtonActivityIndicator startAnimating];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]addObserver:self selector:#selector(stopActivityIndicator) name:#"stopActivityIndicator" object:nil];
}
-(void)stopActivityIndicator
{
_plusButton.hidden = NO;
[self.plusButtonActivityIndicator stopAnimating];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]removeObserver:self name:#"stopActivityIndicator" object:nil];
}
Ok, question, when do you call "showCorrectBannerAfterPlusButtonClicked"?? As this is the method where you post the notification observed by the tableViewCell.
What I see is the notification observer adding and removal, but I don't see how the UIViewController knows when the cell's "plusButtonClicked" is called, so perhaps the method posting the notification is not being called.
Also, be careful with the cell reusage, have in mind if you should remove the observer at that point.

iOS - awakeFromNib of UITableViewCell gets called when an NSNotification is received

NSNotification observers are added when awakeFromNib is called in my UITableViewCell. Then, I am removing the observers when removeFromSuperView is called.
- (void)awakeFromNib
{
[super awakeFromNib];
[self setNotificationObserver];
_vHolder.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0f;
_vHolder.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
_vHolder.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0f;
_vHolder.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0f, 0.0f);
_vHolder.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5f;
}
- (void)removeFromSuperview
{
[super removeFromSuperview];
[self removeNotificationObserver];
}
- (void)setNotificationObserver
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(didReceiveESSMQTTMessageNotification:) name:NOTIF_ESSMQTT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(didReceiveDeviceStatesMessageNotification:) name:NOTIF_DEVICE_STATES_RECEIVED object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(didReceiveDeviceOnOffStateNotification:) name:NOTIF_DEVICE_ON_OFF_STATE_RECEIVED object:nil];
}
- (void)removeNotificationObserver
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:NOTIF_ESSMQTT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:NOTIF_DEVICE_STATES_RECEIVED object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:NOTIF_DEVICE_ON_OFF_STATE_RECEIVED object:nil];
}
I am using NSNotification to refresh states of my buttons and images within this UITableViewCell.
The problem I am facing is, every time an NSNotication is received, the awakeFromNib is called. This will cause the states of my buttons and images to refresh back to its initial states. The strange thing is, I never saw removeFromSuperview getting called before that.
So my questions are:
Why is awakeFromNib getting called when NSNotification is received?
I am just wondering, is adding observer under awakeFromNib the correct thing to do when you want your UITableViewCells to observe NSNotifications? (Well, I've been doing this all the time.)
Because your cell was refreshed content but did not be remove from superview
You had to call removeNotificationObserver when content of cell was refreshed successfully.
I suggest you using protocol instead of notification.
Hope help.

iOS Exception of adding NSNotificationCenter to a UIView

I added a NSNotificationCenter to a UIView, when I first go to the page, the NSNotificationCenter work fine.
However, when I left that page and back to that page again, it will give out error
'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UITextMagnifierTimeWeightedPoint updateProfile:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance.
Here are the code.
UIView1 :
- (void)changeUIView {
UIView2 *view = [[UIView2 alloc] init];
// show UIView2
}
UIView2 :
- (id)init {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(updateProfile:) name:#"updateProfile" object:nil];
return self;
}
-(void)updateProfile:(NSNotification *)notification {
// do something
}
- (void)dealloc {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:#"updateProfile"];
}
- (void)buttonClick {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"updateProfile" object:nil userInfo:nil];
}
You need to remove self as the observer not the selector you are using to handle the notification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
Or if you want to be specific you can use
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:#"updateProfile" object:nil];
Always
Add NSNotificationCenter in viewDidAppear
And
Remove NSNotificationCenter in viewDidDisAppear

UIKeyboard notification handler triggered 3 times

My code:
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(handleKeyboard:) name:UIKeyboardWillChangeFrameNotification object:nil];
}
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
-(void)handleKeyboard:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"triggered");
}
See:
The disappearing handler is triggered once as normal, but 3 times when appears. Is this a iOS bug?
Possibly not helpful for your problem but you need to be calling [super viewWill… for your overrides.
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
From the docs.
If you override this method, you must call super at some point in
your implementation.

UIKeyboardWillShowNotification from custom class issue

I have a customized UITableViewCell with textfields. The textfields of the cells are set to call for delegate functions.
Inside
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification
object:nil];
if(textField == fromTF){
fromTF.text = [[[fromTF.text substringToIndex:2] stringByAppendingString:#":"] stringByAppendingString:[fromTF.text substringFromIndex:2]];
[toTF becomeFirstResponder];
return YES;
}
if(textField == toTF){
[toTF resignFirstResponder];
[intTF becomeFirstResponder];
return YES;
}
return YES;
}
This is delegate method is called in my custom cell.However when called, the UIKeyBoardWillHideNotification addobserver object is not removed when pressed 'return' key. Is there a way I can resolve this?
Try like this
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}
and also check this link textFieldShouldBeginEditing + UIKeyboardWillShowNotification + OS 3.2
it may help you.
Hello Ganesh thank you for the answer. I removed the resignFirstResponder and passed the firstResponder directly to the next textfield. This prevented the keyboard from disappearing.

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