Question

I have a UITableViewController with a textLabel and a detailTextLabel, the thing is that I want to pass a let’s say “hidden” third value which has an URL, so when I touch the row to the next UITableViewController I could use the delegate didSelectRowAtIndexPath to get the URL but how can I do this?

Answer 1

You can send a dictionary to the next TableView. Import the SecondTableView controller .h file into your FirstTableView controller and then reference the target dictionary. You will also need to implement prepareForSegue and call it in didSelectRowAtIndexPath. Something like this:

In didSelectRowAtIndexPath: (make sure to set the segue identifier in Storyboard if you are using it).

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"toSecondTableViewController" sender:nil];

In SecondTableViewController.h create your dictionary

@property (nonatomic, retain)NSMutableDictionary *selectedDictionary;

Make sure to synthesize this in the SecondTableViewController.m file.

and then in your FirstTableViewController

#import SecondTableViewController.h 
//prepareForSegue
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
    if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"toSecondTableViewController"])
    {
        //create the dictionary to store the information from the array
        NSDictionary *dictionaryToPass;
//MainTable is your TableView in your TableViewController
        NSIndexPath *indexpath = [self.MainTable indexPathForSelectedRow];
        NSLog(@"IndexPath is: %@",indexpath);
        //load correct information based on indexpath selected

            dictionaryToPass = [array objectAtIndex:indexpath.row];

        //create the view for the segue
        SecondTableViewController *secondTable = segue.destinationViewController;

//pass the dictionary
        seriesTable.selectedDictionary = dictionaryToPass;
    }
}

You can then reference keys in the selectedDictionary in your SecondTableViewController and get that URL.