target-action uicontrolevents

Question

I must be missing something obvious here but ...

UIControl has a method

- (void)addTarget:(id)target action:(SEL)action forControlEvents: (UIControlEven         


        

Answer 1

When you create your UIControl, set a value for the tag property. Then in your action function, you can determine the tag of the UIControl that called it using [sender tag]. Here's an example:

-(void)viewDidLoad {
    UIButton *button1 = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame(CGRectMake(0.0,0.0,100.0,100.0)];
    button1.tag = 42;
    [button1 addTarget:self action:@selector(actionWithUIControlEvent:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:button1];


    UIButton *button2 = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame(CGRectMake(100.0,0.0,100.0,100.0)];
    button2.tag = 43;
    [button2 addTarget:self action:@selector(actionWithUIControlEvent:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:button2];

}
-(void)actionWithUIControlEvent:(id)sender {
     switch([sender tag]) {
     case 42:
         //Respond to button 1
         break;
     case 43:
         //Respond to button 2
         break;
     default:
         break;
     }
 }