Detecting a change in UISwitch

Question

This sounds trivial but I\'m noticing some weirdness. I\'ve wired up a handler for the Value Changed event of a UISwitch. What I would expect is that each time the hand

Answer 1

Here's a solution that works for me. It also sends a property "will/did change" notification when the switch is changed. The event also functions correctly in that the before and after values are maintained correctly.

@interface MySwitch : UISwitch

@end

@implementation MySwitch
{
    BOOL _previousValue;
    BOOL _returnPreviousValue;
}

- (instancetype) initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder: aDecoder];
    if (!self) return nil;

    _previousValue = self.isOn;
    [self addTarget: self action: @selector(_didChange)
                forControlEvents: UIControlEventValueChanged];

    return self;
}

- (instancetype) initWithFrame: (CGRect) frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame: frame];
    if (!self) return nil;

    [self addTarget: self action: @selector(_didChange)
                forControlEvents: UIControlEventValueChanged];

    return self;
}

- (BOOL) isOn
{
    return (_returnPreviousValue)
                        ? _previousValue
                        : [super isOn];
}

- (void) setOn:(BOOL) on animated: (BOOL) animated
{
    [super setOn: on animated: animated];

    _previousValue = on;
}

- (void) _didChange
{
    BOOL isOn = self.isOn;

    if (isOn == _previousValue) return;

    _returnPreviousValue = true;
    [self willChangeValueForKey: @"on"];
    _returnPreviousValue = false;

    _previousValue = isOn;
    [self didChangeValueForKey:  @"on"];
}

@end