Best approach for editing text fields in a table view cell

Question

In my app I\'ve got a number of views that need to be in-place editable. I\'ve got the tableviewcells setup to include a UITextF

Answer 1

1. Store the values for all of your text fields in a mutable array in your data model.

2. In tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath: set your text field's value, using the value from your array based on the index path.

3. When a text field ends editing, store the value back in the array immediately. There is already a protocol for this (so no need to write your own), but it is a little trickier than normal because you are not handed the indexPath and need to find the one associated with your text field:

   - (void) textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
       CGRect location = [self convertRect:textField.frame toView:self.tableView];
       NSIndexPath *indexPath = [[self.tableView indexPathsForRowsInRect:location] objectAtIndex:0];
   
       // Save the contents of the text field into your array:
       [yourArray replaceObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row withObject:textField.text];
   }