Passing value selected cell to another ViewController - arrays

Question

I have two ViewControllers. For the first ViewController, it displays my Array data on the table. I want to get the indexPath of the selected cell, and pass this data to another ViewController.
In my First ViewController
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource {
var nameList = [NameManager]()
#IBOutlet weak var NameTable: UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NameTable.dataSource = self
GetData()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
}
func GetData(){
let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "http://www.json-generator.com/api/json/get/bPfifKWNaq?indent=2")!)
request.HTTPMethod = "GET"
let task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: {(data, response, error) in
if let error = error {
print(error)
}
if let data = data{
do{
let resultJSON = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions())
let resultArray = resultJSON as? NSArray
for jsonObjectString in resultArray!{
let code = jsonObjectString["code"] as! String
let name = jsonObjectString["name"] as! String
let description = jsonObjectString["description"] as! String
self.nameList.append(NameManager(code: code, name: name, description: description))
}
self.nameList.count
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
self.NameTable.reloadData()
})
}catch _{
print("Received not-well-formatted JSON")
}
}
if let response = response {
let httpResponse = response as! NSHTTPURLResponse
print("response code = \(httpResponse.statusCode)")
}
})
task.resume()
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int{
let count = nameList.count
return count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell{
let myCell = NameTable.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("myCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as UITableViewCell
myCell.textLabel?.text = nameList[indexPath.row].name
myCell.detailTextLabel?.text = nameList[indexPath.row].description
return myCell
}
In my Second ViewController, which is also another class, I want to capture the indexPath of what was selected. Using the index value, I search my Array and pass that particular object to the next class. I don't have codes for this as I don't know how it works.

Answer 1

You could create a property outside the scope of your class and then set that within the cellForRowAtIndexPath method. That property could be accessed in your second view controller. You’ll want to look at the tableview method didSelectRowAtIndexPath as that will be where you set your property to the cell that’s been selected.
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
appDelegate().index = indexPath.row
}
I’ve made a super simple project on github showing two ways of creating a property outside the scope of your view controller. One way is creating a variable within AppDelegate to be accessed via a singleton, the other is a Globals.swift file.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

If you want to pass values to the controller which pops after tapping on the cell, using a singleton wouldn't be an elegant way. If you are using storyboards, then you have to use 'prepare for segue'. You implement the method in the class that handles the transfer and set all the properties in another view controller.
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue!, sender: AnyObject!) {
if (segue.identifier == "SecondVC") {
// set properties
}
}