Using Arrays in Singleton Class to Pass Data Between View Controllers IOS?

Question

I have been searching for tableviews and singleton classes but could not find any solution so here I am.

I have a table view in a viewcontroller when user selects a row I want to send the selected data to an array in singleton class and print it to screen in another viewcontroller.

Here is my Singleton Class code:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>


@interface DataController : NSObject {
    NSArray* standLoc;
}

@property (readonly)NSArray* standLoc; // stand location 

+(DataController*)sharedInstance;

@end


#import "DataController.h"

@implementation DataController

@synthesize standLoc;

+(DataController*)sharedInstance
{
    static DataController* sharedInstance = nil;
    if (!sharedInstance)
    {
        sharedInstance = [[DataController alloc]init];
    }
    return sharedInstance;
}

@end

So how do Should I pass the data to the Array in the Singleton Class I tried following,

- (void) tableView: (UITableView *) tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *) indexPath {

    StartHuntViewController *startHuntController = [[StartHuntViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"StartHuntView" bundle:nil];

    DataController* sharedSingleton = [DataController sharedInstance];
    sharedSingleton = [stands objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

    startHuntController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve;
    [self presentModalViewController:startHuntController animated:YES];;


    [startHuntController release];
    startHuntController =nil;
}

In debug I can see selected item is in sharedSingleton but how can I pass it to NSArray* standLoc?

EDIT

---

SO i have edited my code and it works fine fow multiple contorller views right now

my Singleton .m and .h :

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>


@interface DataController : NSObject {
    NSString* standLoc;
}

@property (nonatomic,retain)NSString* standLoc; // stand location 

+(DataController*)sharedInstance;
-(void) setData: (NSString *) data;

@end
#import "DataController.h"


@implementation DataController


static DataController* sharedInstance = nil;

@synthesize standLoc;

+(DataController*)sharedInstance
{

    @synchronized (self) { //this ensure this methods will not be called at the same time..
        if(sharedInstance == nil){
            [[self alloc] init];
        }
    }
    return sharedInstance;
}
+(id) allocWithZone:(NSZone *)zone{
    @synchronized (self){
        if (sharedInstance == nil) {
            sharedInstance = [super allocWithZone:zone];
            return sharedInstance;
        }
    }
    return nil;
}
-(id)copyWithZone:(NSZone *)zone{ // incase if we want to copy our singleton instance
    return self;
}
//to protect singleton from deallocation, we need to override some functions of memory allocation
-(id) retain {
    return self;
}

-(id) autorelease{
    return self;
}
-(NSUInteger ) retainCount{
    return NSUIntegerMax;
}

-(id) init{ // lets set the default data in it
    @synchronized (self){
        [super init];
        standLoc = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"Stand Loc"];//for performance, as we expect 5 digits from server, it's size was set to another 5 digits..
        return self;
    }
}
-(void) setData: (NSString *) data{ // this is the function to set static data which is the member of the class, reaching data will be allowed with this method
    @synchronized (self){
        if (standLoc != data) {
            [standLoc release];
            standLoc = [data retain];
        }
    }
}
-(NSString *) standLoc{
    @synchronized(self){
        return standLoc;
    }
}

to pass data to singleton :

DataController* sharedSingleton = [DataController sharedInstance];
    NSString* transfer = [stands objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    [sharedSingleton setData:transfer];

Answer 1

• Don't make standLoc readonly if you want to update it from other classes.
• Why do you want standLoc to be an array if you're going to pass it one object out of 'stands'?

• The kind of syntax you want (after settling the above two points) is:

  DataController* sharedSingleton = [DataController sharedInstance];

  sharedSingleton.standLoc = // Whatever the data element is that should be in the singleton;