Get uitextfield data from custom uitableview cell - Swift

Question

I have a problem with custom tableview cell with a textfield. So, I have a separate class for a cell with a textfield, but I can\'t retrieve data in my tableview class. There is

Answer 1

First issue -- in your cell class, in awakeFromNib() you have:

// CREATE a UITextField
var textField = UITextField()
var data: Dictionary?

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()

    // assign self as the delegate of textField
    textField.delegate = self

    let padding = UIView(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: 15, height: self.frame.height))

    // CREATE a NEW UITextField
    textField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: self.frame.width, height: 40))

So, when you create the NEW textField, it no longer has a delegate assigned to it. That's why nothing triggers textFieldShouldReturn or textFieldDidEndEditing.

Replace the UITextField(frame: ..) line with:

    textField.frame = CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: self.frame.width, height: 40)

Next, instead of passing in a "data object" to then try and manipulate, think about using a call-back closure.

Change your cell class to this:

class RTextCell: UITableViewCell, UITextFieldDelegate {

    var textField = UITextField()

    // this will be our "call back" closure
    var didEndEditAction : ((String)->())?

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()

        textField.delegate = self

        let padding = UIView(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: 15, height: self.frame.height))

        // just set the frame, don't create a NEW textField
        textField.frame = CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: self.frame.width, height: 40)
        textField.placeholder = "Your text here"
        textField.textColor = UIColor.white
        textField.tintColor = UIColor.white
        textField.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
        textField.leftView = padding
        textField.leftViewMode = .always

        self.addSubview(textField)

    }

    func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        print("Should return")
        return true
    }

    func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
        // call back using a closure
        didEndEditAction?(textField.text ?? "")
    }

}

And then configure it like this:

    case "textbox":
        let rTemplateTextBox = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "recapTextCell", for: indexPath) as! RTextCell
        rTemplateTextBox.textField.text = cell["data"] as? String ?? "No text"

        // setup the "call back" closure
        rTemplateTextBox.didEndEditAction = {
            (newText) in
            let cell = self.myData[indexPath.row]
            cell["data"] = newText
        }

        return rTemplateTextBox