Here's the error when I wrote the line self.MessageTextField.delegate = self
:
/ChatApp/ViewController.swift:27:42: Cannot assign a value of type 'ViewController' to a value of type 'UITextFieldDelegate?'
Here's my Swift code (ViewerController.swift):
//
// ViewController.swift
// ChatApp
//
// Created by David Chen on 15/4/12.
// Copyright (c) 2015年 cwsoft. All rights reserved.
//
import UIKit
import Parse
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
var messagesArray:[String] = [String]()
@IBOutlet weak var MessageTableView: UITableView!
@IBOutlet weak var ButtonSend: UIButton!
@IBOutlet weak var DockViewHeightConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
@IBOutlet weak var MessageTextField: UITextField!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//
self.MessageTableView.delegate = self
self.MessageTableView.dataSource = self
//Set delegate
self.MessageTextField.delegate = self
self.messagesArray.append("Test 1")
self.messagesArray.append("Test 2")
self.messagesArray.append("Test 3")
}
@IBAction func ButtonSendPressed(sender: UIButton) {
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
UIView.animateWithDuration(0.5, animations: {
self.DockViewHeightConstraint.constant = 400
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
}, completion: nil)
}
//MARK : TextField Delegage Methods
//MARK : Table View Delegate Methods
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = self.MessageTableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("MessageCell") as! UITableViewCell
cell.textLabel?.text = self.messagesArray[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return messagesArray.count
}
}
The line self.MessageTextField.delegate = self
causes the error since you try to assign self
as the delegate
of a UITextField
.
But your ViewController
is not a UITextFieldDelegate
. To make your class this kind of delegte, you need to adopt the UITextFieldDelegate
protocol. This can be achieved by adding it to the list of protocols and classes your class inherits from / conforms to. In your case that is done by changing the line
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource
to
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITextFieldDelegate
Declare that your class conforms to the UITextFieldDelegate
protocol and implement any of those protocol methods that you need.
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITextFieldDelegate { ... }
I had the same problem, but it was because of a different issue:
class CustomViewController: UIViewController {
let customerCardTableView: UITableView = {
let table = UITableView()
table.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
table.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "background")!)
table.delegate = self
table.dataSource = self
table.separatorStyle = .none
table.separatorColor = UIColor(rgb:0xFFFFFF)
table.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 10, bottom: 0, right: 10)
return table
}()
...other code
}
and I did extend my CustomViewController
to conform to the UITableViewDelegate
, UITableViewDataSource
protocols.
The reason was that self
isn't accessible if you're using let
. I had to lazy var customerCardTableView: UITableView
i.e.:
lazy var customerCardTableView: UITableView = {
let table = UITableView()
table.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
table.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "background")!)
table.delegate = self
table.dataSource = self
table.separatorStyle = .none
table.separatorColor = UIColor(rgb:0xFFFFFF)
table.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 10, bottom: 0, right: 10)
return table
}()
let
s are required to happen during instantiation, but lazy var
s can be delayed to a time after instantiation, hence they can access self
...