Question

I have a RootViewController that calls an AddQuoteViewController and there is a variable “subject_id” that I set in the RootViewController that does not show up in AddQuoteViewController and I need help understanding why and how to fix it.

    Subject *sub = [self.tableDataSource objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

    self.subject_id = sub.subject_id;

    [self addQuote_Clicked: sub];

…

- (void) addQuote_Clicked:(id)sender {

    if(aqvController == nil)
        aqvController = [[AddQuoteViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"AddQuoteView" bundle:nil];

    if(addNavigationController == nil)
        addNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:aqvController];

    [self.navigationController presentModalViewController:addNavigationController animated:YES];
}

Then in my AddQuoteViewController I try to access this variable like this:

RootViewController *rv = [RootViewController alloc] ;

NSLog(@"rv.Subject_id = %d", rv.subject_id);

But get nothing. There must be a simple way to do this.

Answer 1

There are various ways of doing this, but a short answer – You can set a reference to the RootViewController as a property on your AddQuoteViewController

i.e.

in AddQuoteViewController.h

RootViewController *rvc

…

@property (nonatomic,assign) RootViewController *rvc;

and corresponding synthesize and release in your implementation class. (AddQuoteViewController.m)

Then when you create your AddQuoteViewController inside your RootViewController, also set this property:

- (void) addQuote_Clicked:(id)sender {

    if(aqvController == nil)
        aqvController = [[AddQuoteViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"AddQuoteView" bundle:nil];
    aqvController.rvc = self;
... etc.

Then you can access any property of the root view controller inside your AddQuoteViewController via this property:

NSLog(@"rv.Subject_id = %d", self.rv.subject_id);

As a side note there are a few things you are doing in your question that are a bit unusual, like trying to get a reference to an object by allocating a new one, and also creating a new navigation controller and presenting it as a modal view controller typically you would do one or the other (and wouldn’t need to create a new navigation controller). i.e. you would either create a view controller and present it modally, or you would create a view controller and push it onto your current navigation controller stack.