How to get value from UITableViewCell - ios

Question

I'm having a problem in getting a value in uitableviewcell.
first of all, i have a label on my cell which I've created a tap gesture on it. What i want to do is on tapping that label, viewUser method will be call and it will get the details of that cell being tapped.
Here is my code:
on cellForRowAtIndexPath:
cell.userNameLabel.text = [[_workflowList objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] userName];
UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(viewUser:)];
tapGestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
[cell.userNameLabel addGestureRecognizer:tapGestureRecognizer];
cell.userNameLabel.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
Now, when i call my ontap method which is viewUser:
- (IBAction)viewUser:(id)sender {
//this should not be hard coded
//data should come from cell.
//usernamelabel or i will get the index selected
//and get the details in my array
// like this --> [_workflowList objectAtIndex:index]
WorkflowProfileViewController *chkDtl = [[WorkflowProfileViewController alloc]init];
chkDtl.name = #"USER, USER USER"; ;
chkDtl.phoneNo = #"09173210836";
chkDtl.email = #"romelync#sxchange.com";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:chkDtl animated:YES];
}
Please help me on this.

Answer 1

The best option would be to use UITableView delegate method tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexpath: as below:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
WorkflowProfileViewController *chkDtl = [[WorkflowProfileViewController alloc]init];
chkDtl.name=[[_workflowList objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] userName];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:chkDtl animated:YES];
}
Don't forget to set delegate of your tableView.
UPDATE: Then I think you want to do something like below. In your cellForRowAtaIndexPath: add following:
cell.userNameLabel.tag=indexPath.row;
And in viewUser method:
UITapGestureRecognizer *tap=(UITapGestureRecognizer*)sender;
WorkflowProfileViewController *chkDtl = [[WorkflowProfileViewController alloc]init];
chkDtl.name=[[_workflowList objectAtIndex:tap.view.tag] userName];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:chkDtl animated:YES];

Answer 2

When creating UILable you could put the tag value as row number
lable.tag = indexPath.row
In your method then retrieve label and look for tag value.

Answer 3

Something like below will get the cell you are tapping (replace swipe with tap):
- (void)handleSwipeRight:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer{
CGPoint location = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
NSIndexPath *swipedIndexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:location];
self.currentSwipedCell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:swipedIndexPath];
}
Havent tested it yet but:
-(void)viewUser:(UITapGestureRecognizer):gestureRecognizer{
CGPoint location = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:location];
self.currentTappedCell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
NSLog(self.currentTappedCell.name); // If you have a custom cell with a name property
}

Answer 4

Definitely you should use the proper delegate methods instead implementing UITapGestureRecognizer on an UITableViewCell. Then you can get the informations you want pretty easily:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSString *theUserNameYouWantToGet = [_workflowList objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
}
EDIT:
If you want that action not to work for the whole cell, you could subclass UITableViewCell, add properties to it and implement your own delegate protocol to that cell:
#protocol JWTableViewCellDelegate;
#interface JWTableViewCell : UITableViewCell
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *username;
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<JWTableViewCellDelegate>delegate;
#end
#protocol JWTableViewCell <NSObject>
- (void)tableViewCellDidClickUsername:(JWTableViewCell *)cell;
#end
#implementation JWTableViewCell
- (void)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier {
if (self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier]) {
[self setupView];
}
return self;
}
// if you use a prototyping NIB
- (void)awakeFromNib {
[self setupView];
}
- (void)setupView {
// add gesture recognizer
}
- (void)handleGesture {
if ([_delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(tableViewCellDidClickUsername:)]) {
[_delegate tableViewCellDidClickUsername:self];
}
}
Then use this in your viewController:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
JWTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"reuseID" forIndexPath:indexpath];
[cell setUsername:#"Paul"];
[cell setDelegate:self];
}
- (void)tableViewCellDidClickUsername:(JWTableViewCell *)cell {
NSString *theUserNameYouWantToGet = [cell username];
  }