To get view object from UITableviewCell

Question

I have added a textfield in oe of the cell in my tableview. Now I want to compare if the touched object is textfield or not. For that I am using -

  -(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *) event
    {
       UITouch *touch = [[event allTouches] anyObject];
    }

method. Here I have to get the view touched in UITableview cell is textfield. How can I get that? I am struct at this. Please help.

Why do you want to get the touch in touchesBegan: method? Why not using outlet for textfield or delegate methods of uitextfield? — Dinesh Raja, Aug 05 '13 at 12:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 11:53

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Use TextField Delegate method :

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField

answered Aug 05 '13 at 11:53

Puneet Sharma

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 11:55

I think the best way to achieve this would be:

Create a UITableViewCell subclass with a UITextField as a subview. Define it as an IBOutlet and hook it up via interface builder.
Create a delegate protocol to notify a delegate (in your case it could be the same class handling the UITableViewDataSource) of this event.
Declare the UITableViewCell subclass as a UITextFieldDelegate and hook it up to the UITextField you've created. via IB
Implement

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField { [self.delegate textFieldWasTapped]; }

Now you'll be notified in the main controller of a textFieldWasTapped event. There's no need to check if it indeed came from a UITextField object because only instances if this type will be able to trigger this call.

Rahul Mane · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-05T12:19:16.267

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-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *) event
{
    UITouch *touch = [[event allTouches] anyObject];
    if([[touch view] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]])
    {
         UITextField *txtField = (UITextField *) [touch view];
         //UITextField object
    }
}

edited Aug 05 '13 at 12:19

answered Aug 05 '13 at 11:59

Rahul Mane

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To get view object from UITableviewCell

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