iOS - Custom view with touch event - ios

Question

I'm trying to creating a custom UIView, lets call it FooView.
FooView.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface FooView : UIView
#property (nonatomic, strong) UITextField *barTextField;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIButton *submitButton;
#end
FooView.m
#import "FooView.h"
#implementation FooView
#synthesize barTextField = _barTextField;
#synthesize submitButton = _submitButton;
...
#end
FooViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "FooView.h"
#interface FooViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, strong) FooView *fooView;
#end
FooViewController.m
#import "SearchViewController.h"
#interface SearchViewController ()
#end
#implementation SearchViewController
#synthesize fooView = _fooView;
#end
I want the button touch event to be implemented in FooViewController, is delegate can achieve this? If YES, how?
Currently, I'm adding the touch event in such a way
FooViewController.m
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[self.fooView.submitButton addTarget:self action:#selector(submitTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}
...
- (IBAction)submitTapped
{
...
}
But I don't think this is a good solution, so need some expert advice.
Any idea?

Answer 1

Yes you can implement using delegate
FooView.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#protocol FooViewDelegate
-(void)submitButtonClicked:(id)sender;
#end
#interface FooView : UIView
#property (nonatomic, strong) UITextField *barTextField;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIButton *submitButton;
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<FooViewDelegate> delegate;
#end
FooView.m
#import "FooView.h"
#implementation FooView
#synthesize barTextField = _barTextField;
#synthesize submitButton = _submitButton;
#synthesize delegate;
...
-(IBAction)buttonClicked:(id)sender // connect this method with your button
{
[self.delegate submitButtonClicked:sender];
}
#end
FooViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "FooView.h"
#interface FooViewController : UIViewController <FooViewDelegate>
#property (nonatomic, strong) FooView *fooView;
#end
FooViewController.m
#import "FooViewController.h"
#interface FooViewController ()
#end
#implementation FooViewController
#synthesize fooView = _fooView;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
_fooView = [[UIView alloc] init];
_fooView.delegate = self;
}
-(void)submitButtonClicked:(id)sender //delegate method implementation
{
NSLog(#"%#",[sender tag]);
}
#end