Access to UITextField in CellForRowAtIndexPath - ios

Question

i´m adding a UITextField on a Cell.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
myLoc = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(35, 10, 250, 40)];
myLoc.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
myLoc.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
myLoc.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
myLoc.placeholder = #"Enter Location";
myLoc.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
myLoc.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
myLoc.tag = indexPath.row;
myLoc.delegate = self;
[myLoc setEnabled:YES];
[cell addSubview:myLoc];
return cell;
}
and in the textFieldShouldReturn i would write the text from the textfield in a mutable array, and store in nsuserdefaults.
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField{
[myLoc resignFirstResponder];
[locationArray addObject:textField.text];
locName = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[locName setObject:locationArray forKey:#"textName"];
[locName synchronize];
NSLog(#"Done pressed %#",myLoc.text);
return YES;
}
...but the myLoc.text is always null
any ideas for me?

Answer 1

In the delegate method, don't use myLoc to reference the textField, but use the actual textField pointer provided as parameter of the function. This one should actually point to the correct textfield and thus textField.text should have the correct value.
On a side note: Where do you define myLoc? It looks like you're trying to set a property on your viewcontroller. This way you'll always overwrite the property. For this you don't need a property at all, so just define myLoc locally in the function scope like UILabel *myLoc

Answer 2

You're better off creating your own custom UITableViewCell. You can see how to create one here:
tutorial
Trying to tack on to the existing UITableViewCell is difficult at best and impossible at worst. You're better off with custom cells.

Answer 3

Your text should never be NULL, since its an NSString. Are you sure you're talking about the text from the text field?
What outputs when you add NSLog(#%"#", textField.text); to your shouldReturn method?
Are you sure that you have typed in the text field? Also, even without typing, you should be getting #"" instead of nil.