Question

How can I pass an argument in the @selector for my code below?

[thisIconBtn addTarget:self action:@selector(changeIconState) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

-(void)changeIconState:(UITableViewCell*)thisCell
{
  //do something
}

Answer 1

First, the colon is part of the selector: @selector(changeIconState:).

Second, actions are methods that take a particular set of parameters — you can’t just use any method as an action. Usually, actions look like this:

- (void)myAction:(id)sender;

where sender is a pointer to the object that’s sending the action. In your code, when thisIconButton is tapped, that button would be passed as the sender.