Passing data from a static tableViewCell to another viewController?

Question

I have a tableView with static cells.

What I wan't, is that when the user selects a certain cell, the text from this cell, is passed to the previous viewController. I have never worked with static cells before and I can only seem to find tutorials and other questions regarding activating the cells, so they leed to another viewController.

So how do I pass data (what's written in the cell), when the cell is selected?

Is it a code in didSelectRowAtIndexPath?

Do I use segues? Then there will have to be hundreds of segues, if I have hundreds of cell, that the user can choose, right?

Thanks!

Answer 1

First you are assigning Array of String to DiaryQuestionLabel.text which accepts string only in destinationViewController. Just change the type of chosenQuestion to String in destinationViewController as below.

@IBOutlet weak var DiaryQuestionLabel: UILabel!
var chosenQuestion: String = ""

override func viewDidLoad() {
   super.viewDidLoad()
   DiaryQuestionLabel.text = chosenQuestion
}

In your tableViewController You need to pass the value of selected index from your datasource array which you have used to set the data in your tableviewcell.

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
     if segue.destination is UpdatingIdentifiers {
     let vc = segue.destination as? UpdatingIdentifiers
     let selectedRowIndex = self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow()
     // Get tableviewcell object from indexpath and assign it's value to chosenQuestion of another controller.  
     let cell = yourtableview.cellForRow(at: selectedRowIndex)
     let label = cell.viewWithTag(420) as! UILabel
     vc?.chosenQuestion = label.text
    }
}