I am trying to make it where when a user clicks on a table view cell in my table view it takes them to a new view controller. More specifically, when a user clicks on a persons username it should take them to that users profile. the username being the table view cell and the profile being the new view controller. I thought the way to do this was to use the ".presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil) however when i do this it says "myCell does not have a member named .presentViewController"
If anyone could help me solve this problem it'd be greatly appreciated
The presentViewController:animated:completion
is an instance method of the UIViewController
not UIView
or a subclass of. You can try this:
self.window?.rootViewController.presentViewController(specificViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
However, I suggest that you should use the presentViewController:animated:completion:
method from UIViewController
. A callback mechanism can be achieved between the UIViewController
and the cell
.
Like so:Get button click inside UI table view cell
Banning's answer works, however the syntax is old. From Swift 4:
self.window?.rootViewController?.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
swift3
version
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "MainViewController", bundle: nil)
let messagesViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "MessagesViewController") as! MessagesViewController
self.window?.rootViewController?.present(messagesViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
If you have created a separate class for tableView
which is a good practice then, you can do it like this:
First, create addTarget where the cell is created (cellForRowAt):
cell.dropdownBtn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.openListPickerVC(_:)), for: .touchUpInside)
After that, present view controller in openListPickerVC():
@objc func openListPickerVC(_ sender: UIButton) {
let index = sender.tag
let vc: PickerViewController = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle:
Bundle.main).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier:
"PickerViewController") as! PickerViewController
self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}