storing indexpath in a custom UITableViewCell - ios

Question

So I'm trying to store a cell's indexpath when my custom cell is created in
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
I define a custom cell in class called "custom cell", and I added a property to that class defined as such:
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSIndexPath *indexPath;
in cellForRowAtIndexPath I set the index path with customCell.indexPath = indexPath.
When I NSLog it on the very next line it returns null. Could somebody please explain why this is happening?
Edit
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"EditableCell";
EditableCell *editableCell = (EditableCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (editableCell == nil) {
editableCell = [[EditableCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
_myTextField = [editableCell textFieldCell];
if (indexPath.section == 0){
[_myTextField setPlaceholder:#"text"];
[_myTextField setReturnKeyType:UIReturnKeyNext];
}
else if (indexPath.section == 1){
[_myTextField setPlaceholder:#"text"];
[_myTextField setReturnKeyType:UIReturnKeyNext];
}
else {
[_myTextField setPlaceholder:#"text"];
[_myTextField setReturnKeyType:UIReturnKeyDone];
}
_myTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
_myTextField.delegate = self;
return editableCell;
}
Where I call [self.tableview indexpathforcell:cell]
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField{
if (textField.returnKeyType == UIReturnKeyNext) {
UITableViewCell* myCell = (UITableViewCell*)textField.superview;
EditableCell *currentCell = (EditableCell *)myCell;
NSLog(#"INDEXPATH OF CURRENT CELL: %#",[self.tableView indexPathForCell:currentCell]);
}
}

Answer 1

You can determine the indexPath of a given cell using
-[UITableView indexPathForCell:]
If the cell needs to know it's own indexPath:
NSIndexPath * myIndexPath = [(UITableView *)self.superview indexPathForCell:self]
But if it does, something's not right!
Looking at your edited post I see the problem. You need:
UITableViewCell* myCell = (UITableViewCell*)textField.superview.superview
The textField is actually a subview of the cell's contentView. This always seems a bit wrong to me, so another way to handle this is to make your custom cell the UITextFieldDelegate, and then create a delegate protocol for your cell. So within the cell you'd have:
(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
if (textField.returnKeyType == UIReturnKeyNext) {
[self.delegate customCell: self textFieldDidReturn: textField];
}
return NO;
}
Then in your cell's delegate you'll have a reference to the cell and textField