Question

I have a tableview which loads data for an sqlite database and displays them in sections.

Its cell of the tableview has three labels for displaying text.

My question is can I get the text value of a label in the selected cell in prepareForSegue, so i can pass it to the detail view?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do this. You should set the tag property on each of the UILabels in your table view’s prototype cell (you can do this in the storyboard) so you can identify them in your prepareForSegue: code.

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
    // sender is the table view cell that was selected
    UITableViewCell *cell = sender;

    // get the text of the label in the cell with tag 0
    NSString *firstLabelText = [[cell.contentView viewWithTag:0] text];

    // now use that text to set a property on your segue's destinationViewController...

}