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iOS Build a Blog Reader iPhone App Viewing a Web Page Navigation Controller

Scott Fitsimones
Scott Fitsimones
2,609 Points
Posted by Scott Fitsimones
Scott Fitsimones
2,609 Points

How is didSelectRowAtIndexPath: getting touch events? How is it connected to the Main.storyboard?

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;

I am accustomed to having to hook methods up with IBAction.

2 Answers

Ezequiel Amaya
Ezequiel Amaya
3,094 Points

UITableViewController does all the magic and you only have to implement the correspondent UITableViewDelegate methods to respond to those events.

Denis Kiselev
Denis Kiselev
12,737 Points
Denis Kiselev
Denis Kiselev
12,737 Points

UITableView controller have UIViewController as parent class, which in turn have UIResponder as (grand)parent class. So, each UIViewController have ability to receive touch event - this is due to design of iOS. Then, each view controller will call appropriate methods when receiving some touches on different area - like cell or header, or time bar (on top of screen), etc. Then it will forward this touch event to be handled in child classes by calling designated methods - this is all by design of framework.