How to pass prepareForSegue: an object

Question

I have many annotations in a mapview (with rightCalloutAccessory buttons). The button will perform a segue from this mapview to a tableview

Answer 1

In Swift 4.2 I would do something like that:

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    if let yourVC = segue.destination as? YourViewController {
        yourVC.yourData = self.someData
    }
}

Answer 2

I've implemented a library with a category on UIViewController that simplifies this operation. Basically, you set the parameters you want to pass over in a NSDictionary associated to the UI item that is performing the segue. It works with manual segues too.

For example, you can do

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"yourIdentifier" parameters:@{@"customParam1":customValue1, @"customValue2":customValue2}];

for a manual segue or create a button with a segue and use

[button setSegueParameters:@{@"customParam1":customValue1, @"customValue2":customValue2}];

If destination view controller is not key-value coding compliant for a key, nothing happens. It works with key-values too (useful for unwind segues). Check it out here https://github.com/stefanomondino/SMQuickSegue

Answer 3

I have a sender class, like this

@class MyEntry;

@interface MySenderEntry : NSObject
@property (strong, nonatomic) MyEntry *entry;
@end

@implementation MySenderEntry
@end

I use this sender class for passing objects to prepareForSeque:sender:

-(void)didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
{
    MySenderEntry *sender = [MySenderEntry new];
    sender.entry = [_entries objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:SEGUE_IDENTIFIER_SHOW_ENTRY sender:sender];
}

-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue*)segue sender:(id)sender
{
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:SEGUE_IDENTIFIER_SHOW_ENTRY]) {
        NSAssert([sender isKindOfClass:[MySenderEntry class]], @"MySenderEntry");
        MySenderEntry *senderEntry = (MySenderEntry*)sender;
        MyEntry *entry = senderEntry.entry;
        NSParameterAssert(entry);

        [segue destinationViewController].delegate = self;
        [segue destinationViewController].entry = entry;
        return;
    }

    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:SEGUE_IDENTIFIER_HISTORY]) {
        // ...
        return;
    }

    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:SEGUE_IDENTIFIER_FAVORITE]) {
        // ...
        return;
    }
}

Answer 4

I used this solution so that I could keep the invocation of the segue and the data communication within the same function:

private var segueCompletion : ((UIStoryboardSegue, Any?) -> Void)?

func performSegue(withIdentifier identifier: String, sender: Any?, completion: @escaping (UIStoryboardSegue, Any?) -> Void) {
    self.segueCompletion = completion;
    self.performSegue(withIdentifier: identifier, sender: sender);
    self.segueCompletion = nil
}

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    self.segueCompletion?(segue, sender)
}

A use case would be something like:

func showData(id : Int){
    someService.loadSomeData(id: id) {
        data in
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "showData", sender: self) {
            storyboard, sender in
            let dataView = storyboard.destination as! DataView
            dataView.data = data
        }
    }
}

This seems to work for me, however, I'm not 100% sure that the perform and prepare functions are always executed on the same thread.

Answer 5

My solution is similar.

// In destination class: 
var AddressString:String = String()

// In segue:
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
   if (segue.identifier == "seguetobiddetailpagefromleadbidder")
    {
        let secondViewController = segue.destinationViewController as! BidDetailPage
        secondViewController.AddressString = pr.address as String
    }
}

Answer 6

I came across this question when I was trying to learn how to pass data from one View Controller to another. I need something visual to help me learn though, so this answer is a supplement to the others already here. It is a little more general than the original question but it can be adapted to work.

This basic example works like this:

The idea is to pass a string from the text field in the First View Controller to the label in the Second View Controller.

First View Controller

import UIKit

class FirstViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var textField: UITextField!

    // This function is called before the segue
    override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {

        // get a reference to the second view controller
        let secondViewController = segue.destinationViewController as! SecondViewController

        // set a variable in the second view controller with the String to pass
        secondViewController.receivedString = textField.text!
    }

}

Second View Controller

import UIKit

class SecondViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var label: UILabel!

    // This variable will hold the data being passed from the First View Controller
    var receivedString = ""

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // Used the text from the First View Controller to set the label
        label.text = receivedString
    }

}

Remember to

• Make the segue by control clicking on the button and draging it over to the Second View Controller.
• Hook up the outlets for the UITextField and the UILabel.
• Set the first and second View Controllers to the appropriate Swift files in IB.

Source

How to send data through segue (swift) (YouTube tutorial)

See also

View Controllers: Passing data forward and passing data back (fuller answer)