I'm trying to figure out how I can call a function from another one of my classes. I'm using a RootViewController to setup one of my views as lets say AnotherViewController
So in my AnotherViewController im going to add in on the .h file
@class RootViewController
And in the .m file im going to import the View
#import "RootViewController.h"
I have a function called:
-(void)toggleView {
//do something }
And then in my AnotherViewController I have a button assigned out as:
-(void)buttonAction {
//}
In the buttonAction I would like to be able to call the function toggleView in my RootViewController.
Can someone clarify on how I do this.
I've tried adding this is my buttonAction:
RootViewController * returnRootObject = [[RootViewController alloc] init];
[returnRootObject toggleView];
But I dont think that's right.
You'll want to create a delegate variable in your AnotherViewController, and when you initialize it from RootViewController, set the instance of RootViewController as AnotherViewController's delegate.
To do this, add an instance variable to AnotherViewController: "id delegate;". Then, add two methods to AnotherViewController:
- (id)delegate {
return delegate;
}
- (void)setDelegate:(id)newDelegate {
delegate = newDelegate;
}
Finally, in RootViewController, wherever AnotherViewController is initialized, do
[anotherViewControllerInstance setDelegate:self];
Then, when you want to execute toggleView, do
[delegate toggleView];
Alternatively, you could make your RootViewController a singleton, but the delegate method is certainly better practice. I also want to note that the method I just told you about was Objective-C 1.0-based. Objective-C 2.0 has some new property things, however when I was learning Obj-C this confused me a lot. I would get 1.0 down pat before looking at properties (this way you'll understand what they do first, they basically just automatically make getters and setters).
I tried out the NSNotificationCentre - Works like a charm - Thanks for your reply. I couldn't get it running but the NS has got it bang on.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"switchView" object: nil];