please bear with me, as I'm new to swift -4 weeks old-.
I've created the following 2 functions in fileA.swift
func custombttn(theSelector:Selector)-> UIButton{
let bttn = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x:20, y:400, width:200, height:30))
bttn.setTitle("tap this button", for: UIControlState.normal)
bttn.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
bttn.setTitleColor(UIColor.magenta, for: UIControlState.normal)
bttn.addTarget(bttn, action: theSelector, for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
return bttn
}
func customtxtfld() -> UITextField{
let txtField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x:20, y:360, width:200, height:30))
txtField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.roundedRect
txtField.backgroundColor = UIColor.magenta
txtField.placeholder = "Do you like me now..?"
return txtField
}
The reason behind the custombttn(theSelector:Selector), is that i want to pass the function dynamically to the button in my viewcontroller file.
Now, moving the fileB.swift, I have the following code...
class TabOneViewController: UIViewController{
let txt = customtxtfld()
let bttn = custombttn(theSelector: #selector(updatetxt))
override func loadView() {
super.loadView()
view.addSubview(txt)
view.addSubview(bttn)
}
func updatetxt(){
txt.text = "hello, you!"
}
}
Here is where things get tricky, when I attempt to build, I don't get any error (not even a warning). However, when I run the app, and tap the bttn in fileB.swift, I get the following error during runtime:
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIButton updatetxt]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f8453415670'
If I have 2 or more functions in my fileB.swift that I wish to assign dynamically to the action part of the addTarget, is there any way I can pass the selector dynamically to a button..?
Appreciate your time and assistance. Please let me know if I need to explain something further.
It's crashing because your button target is wrong.
func custombttn(target:Any, theSelector:Selector)-> UIButton{
let bttn = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x:20, y:400, width:200, height:30))
bttn.setTitle("tap this button", for: UIControlState.normal)
bttn.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
bttn.setTitleColor(UIColor.magenta, for: UIControlState.normal)
bttn.addTarget(target, action: theSelector, for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
return bttn
}
And use it like this
class TabOneViewController: UIViewController{
let txt = customtxtfld()
override func loadView() {
super.loadView()
view.addSubview(txt)
let bttn = custombttn(target:self, theSelector: #selector(updatetxt))
view.addSubview(bttn)
}
func updatetxt(){
txt.text = "hello, you!"
}
}