How to get the values of multiple textFields in UITableView with dynamic cells?

Question

In a UIViewController I have a UITableView with 1 Dynamic Prototype cell of class type TextInputTableViewCell.
In the Content View of the prototype cell I am a

Answer 1

You can try this.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "TextInputCell") as! TextInputTableViewCell

    cell.textField.isEnabled = placeHolderItems[indexPath.row].editable
    cell.textField.placeholder = placeHolderItems[indexPath.row].name


    if !self.userInfo.isEmpty{

        switch indexPath.row {
        case 0:
            cell.textField.text = self.userInfo[0].FirstName + " " + self.userInfo[indexPath.row].LastName
        case 1:
            cell.textField.text = self.userInfo[0].PhoneNumber

        case 2: cell.textField.text = self.userInfo[0].EmailAddress

        case 3: cell.textField.text = self.userInfo[0].FlatNumber

        case 4: cell.textField.text = self.userInfo[0].StreetAddress

        case 5: cell.textField.text = self.userInfo[0].PostCode

        default:
            break
        }
    }

    // Add tag to cell textField as cell current index
    cell.textField.tag = indexPath.row
    //Observer changes as user edits
    cell.txtField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(textFieldDidChange), for: .editingChanged)

    return cell
}

//MARK: - TextField Delegate
func textFieldDidChange(textfield: UITextField) {
    print("TextField \(String(describing: textfield.text)) Tag : \(textfield.tag)")

    switch textfield.tag {
    case 0:
        let Name  = textfield.text // or store where ever you want in sepearte array or update in userInfo
    case 1:
        let PhoneNumber   = textfield.text

    case 2:
        let EmailAddress   = textfield.text

    case 3:
        let FlatNumber   = textfield.text

    case 4:
        let StreetAddress   = textfield.text

    case 5:
        let PostCode  = textfield.text
    default:
        break
    }

}

// Don't forget to add UITextFieldDelegate

Answer 2

The usual problem to be solved is: The user has a edited a text field in a table view cell, and now we want to update the data model accordingly. But which cell contains this text field?

The notion "which" really means: what is the index path represented by the containing cell? If we knew that, we could easily update the model, because if our table view data source is correctly designed, we already know how to access the model by means of the index path.

So what I do is simply walk up the view hierarchy from the text field to the cell, and then ask the table view what index path this cell represents. This is a commonly used pattern in my apps:

func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    var v : UIView = textField
    repeat { v = v.superview! } while !(v is UITableViewCell)
    let cell = v as! MyCell // or UITableViewCell or whatever
    let ip = self.tableView.indexPath(for:cell)!
    // and now we have the index path! update the model
}