Custom cell with UITextField - for use with storyboards

Custom cell with UITextField

Storyboard configuration:
1. Make a cell.
2. Give it a custom class of YourCell
3. Drag a label onto the cell, give the label a tag of 100. Configure and arrange as necessary.
4. Drag a text field onto the cell, give the textField a tag of 101. Configure and arrange as necessary.

YourCell.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface ENVNeedsCell : UITableViewCell

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *textField;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *label;

@end

YourTableViewController.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

// Don't forget the text field delegate here!
@interface ENVNeedsViewController : UITableViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITextFieldDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableDictionary *dictOfLabelsAndText;

@end

YourTableViewController.m

#import "ENVNeedsViewController.h"
#import "ENVNeedsCell.h"

@implementation ENVNeedsViewController

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Here's where you'd load the data to populate the cell labels and text
    
    // You should also initialize the dictOfLabelsAndText here too.
    self.dictOfLabelsAndText = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
    
    self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;
  
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source


- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    // Return the number of rows in the section.
    NSArray *cellTitles = // Make an ordered array of strings for the cell titles.
    return [cellTitles count];
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Create a cell & register it for dequeing
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    YouCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
    
    // Set the cell's label:
    cell.label.text = cellTitles[indexPath.row];
    
    // Prepping the text field
    // 1. Set the text field's delegate to be this view controller
    // 2. Find out if there's an existing string for it to display in the self.dictOfLabelsAndText. If not, set it to be empty.
    cell.textField.delegate = self;
    
    NSString *key = cell.label.text;
    
    if ([self.dictOfLabelsAndText valueForKey:key] != nil) {
        cell.textField.text = [self.dictOfLabelsAndText valueForKey:cell.needTitle.text];
    } else {
        cell.textField.text = @"";
    }

    return cell;
}

// Here we save the textField's string whenever the user finishes editing it.
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    // Make sure to set the label to have a ta
    
    UILabel *label = (UILabel *)[textField.superview viewWithTag:100];
    NSString *labelString = label.text;
    NSString *textFieldString = textField.text;
    [self.dictOfLabelsAndText setObject:textFieldString forKey:labelString];
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table View Delegate Methods

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Whenever you click a cell, bring up a keyboard to edit the textField
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
    
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    UITextField *textField = (UITextField *)[cell viewWithTag:101];
    [textField becomeFirstResponder];
}


@end