Updated for Swift 3
If the only thing you want to do is trigger a segue on a touch, it would be against best practice to do so via a UIButton. You can simply use UIKit's built in handler for selecting a cell, i.e. func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath). You could implement it doing something like the following:
Create a custom UITableViewCell
class StudentCell: UITableViewCell {
// Declare properties you need for a student in a custom cell.
var student: SuperSpecialStudentObject!
// Other code here...
}
When you load your UITableView, pass the data into the cell from you data model:
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "StudentCell", for: indexPath) as! StudentCell
cell.student = superSpecialDataSource[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
Then use didSelectRow atIndexPath to detect when a cell has been selected, access the cell and it's data, and pass the value in as a parameter to performSegue.
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as! StudentCell
if let dataToSend = cell.student {
performSegue(withIdentifier: "DestinationView", sender: dataToSend)
}
}
And finally in prepareForSegue:
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
if segue.identifier == "DestinationView" {
let destination = segue.destination as! DestinationViewController
if let dataToSend = sender as? SuperSpecialStudentObject {
destination.student = dataToSend
}
}
}
Alternatively if you want them to only select a part of the cell instead of when they touch anywhere inside the cell, you could add an accessory item onto your cell such as the detail accessory item (looks like the circle with an "i" inside of it) and use override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, accessoryButtonTappedForRowWith indexPath: IndexPath) instead.
