How do I delegate a UITableViewController with static cells which embed with a container inside UIViewController?

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I have a UIViewController in my storyboard. Inside this UIViewController, I have a container which embed with a tableViewController. This tableViewController is a static table. How can I use this tableViewController inside UIViewController?

I have set protocols like UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource and I have no idea how I can get that tableViewController and delegate to my UIViewController.

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P.S. I was trying to make a side navigation bar. Please notify me if you need to see any code.

you can use UIViewController as parent ViewController and tableViewController as childViewController. But better solution is to use UITableView in UIViewController as a subView. — Sandeep Kumar, Mar 30 '16 at 02:58
Since it is a static table, I cannot put it in the UIViewController. There will be error when I build it. That's why I'm putting a container view inside the UIViewController and embed with a tableViewController. It seems like the parent ViewController way will work. But can you tell me more about it? — Johnny Cheuk, Mar 30 '16 at 03:00

MudOnTire · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-30T04:31:01.573

This is my opinion: create a delegate for your tableViewController like

@protocol SideTableViewContollerDelegate <NSObject>

- (void)didClickCellOfIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;

@end

@interface SideTableViewController

@property (weak, nonatomic) id<SideTableViewContollerDelegate> delegate;

@end

and inside your UIViewController, you set the controller as the tableViewController's delegate

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender{
    if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"go table view"]) {
       SideTableViewController *stvc = (SideTableViewController *)segue.destinationViewController;
       stvc.delegate = self;
   }
}

and inside the tableView's delegate function "didSelectRowAtIndexPath" do:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
   [self.delegate didClickCellOfIndexPath:indexPath];
   [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

and all that left is implementing tableView controller's delegate in the uiview controller

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '16 at 03:06

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Turns out I have to set the class in the embed tableViewController and put the [self addChildViewController: myTableViewController] in the UIViewController class. And I can implement in the UITableViewController class to control it.

answered Mar 30 '16 at 03:06

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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You can use segue to access the tableViewController. Just implement - (void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender and it will be called before viewController's viewDidLoad. See this answer: Access Container View Controller from Parent iOS

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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How do I delegate a UITableViewController with static cells which embed with a container inside UIViewController?

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