How to pass data to parent view IOS - ios

Question

I know this question is asked once every two days. I can not see what I am doing wrong though.
I have a storyboard navigation controller based app.
My notification and pop / push segues works well, only thing is I can not add string to parents view NSmutablearray.
I want to add a string object to parent view's nsmutablearray. My decent code does not pass any data.
parent.h
#interface CreaatePlistTableViewController : UITableViewController<UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>{
NSMutableArray *presenterList;
}
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *presenterList;
parent.m
NSString * const NOTIF_CreatePlist_UpdateTableview= #"CreatePlist/UpdateTableview";
/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Private interface definitions for update tableview
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
#interface CreaatePlistTableViewController (private)
- (void)CreatePlistUpdateTableview:(NSNotification *)notif;
#end
#implementation CreaatePlistTableViewController
#synthesize presenterList=_presenterList;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
_presenterList=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
// Register observer to be called when logging out
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(CreatePlistUpdateTableview:)
name:NOTIF_CreatePlist_UpdateTableview object:nil];
NSLog(#"Presenter List: %#", _presenterList);
}
- (void)CreatePlistUpdateTableview:(NSNotification *)notif{
NSLog(#"Notification recieved");
NSLog(#"Presenter List: %#", _presenterList);
[_createPlistTableview reloadData];
}
child.h
#interface AddPresenterViewController : UITableViewController<UITextFieldDelegate,UIAlertViewDelegate>{
CreaatePlistTableViewController *crereaatePlistTableViewController;
}
#property(nonatomic,strong) CreaatePlistTableViewController *crereaatePlistTableViewController;
child.m
#synthesize crereaatePlistTableViewController=_crereaatePlistTableViewController;
//finished adding presenter
-(IBAction)finishedAddingPresenter:(id)sender{
//some xml string here
NSLog(#"final result XML:\n%#", writer.XMLString);
_crereaatePlistTableViewController=[[CreaatePlistTableViewController alloc]init];
//add object to parents view data source
[_crereaatePlistTableViewController.presenterList addObject:writer.XMLString];
//dismiss the view
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
//notify the parent view to update its tableview
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"CreatePlist/UpdateTableview" object:nil];
}
Output
Notification recieved
Presenter List: (
)
So notification works when I click the button. But it does not pass object to nsmutablearray.
What I am doing wrong here ? How can I add an object to parent view's nsmutablearray?

Answer 1

It seems everything is good except your alloc of parent view object I am not that familiar with storyboard but You said you are using navigation navigation controller
so change this
_crereaatePlistTableViewController=[[CreaatePlistTableViewController alloc]init];
to
_crereaatePlistTableViewController= [self.navigationController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:0];
It may work I am not sure

Answer 2

You wrote this.
[_crereaatePlistTableViewController.presenterList addObject:writer.XMLString];
Do you ever initialize the array? No. Use the debugger and you will see that at this line the presenterList is nil.
Now as a point of style. Avoid using NSNotificationCenter to pass data or signaling other objects. #TheRonin gave a handy link. You should also look into some tutorials on Segues, because these are solved problems.
This is another related post that you might find interesting.