JKSegueActionViewController 1.0.2

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You want to add pod 'JKSegueActionViewController', '~> 1.0' similar to the following to your Podfile:

target 'MyApp' do
  pod 'JKSegueActionViewController', '~> 1.0'
end

Then run a pod install inside your terminal, or from CocoaPods.app.

Alternatively to give it a test run, run the command:

pod try JKSegueActionViewController

JKSegueActionViewController 1.0.2

By
Joseph Kain

Installation

Using JKSegueActionViewController

Without JKSegueActionViewController you end up having to write something like this:

- (void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    if ([segue.identifer isEqualToString:@"MySegue1"]) {
        MyCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
        vc.delegate = self;
    } else if ([segue.identifer isEqualToString:@"MySegue2"]) {
        MyOtherCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
        vc.someProperty = [self computeSomeValue];
    } else if ([segue.identifer isEqualToString:@"MySegue3"]) {
        MyCustomTableViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
        vc.delegate = self;
        vc.dataSource = [self dataSourceForObject:someObject];
    }
}

JKSegueActionViewController is for developers that find -[UIViewController prepareSegue:sender:] a poor tool for code organization. JKSegueActionViewController provides a cleaner design that can be used to implement cleaner, easier to follow codes.

Segue Actions from Interface Builder

First use Interface Builder to set the identifier of your segue to the method with your preparation code.

Them implement a method with the same signature used in the segue identifier:

-(void) segueToMySceneAction:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    // Prepare the destination view controller
    MyOtherCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
    vc.someProperty = [self computeSomeValue];
}

JKSegueActionViewController will automatically invoke your method when the segue is triggered.

Segue Blocks

JKSegueActionViewController adds a method to UIViewController to manually perform a segue using a block for preparation. It allows you to write code that keeps your perform and prepare code together to make it easier to find, read, and understand.

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"MySegue1" sender:self withBlock:^(UIStoryboardSegue *segue, id sender) {
    // Prepare the destination view controller
    MyCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
    vc.delegate = self;
}];

Full API

Named segue action

Write a segue action method and give the segue the method name as its identifier. JKSegueActionViewController will invoke your action automatically.

-(void) segueToMySceneAction:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    // Prepare the destination view controller
    MyOtherCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
    vc.someProperty = [self computeSomeValue];
}

Named segue action without a sender

Just like the named segue action above but omit the sender argument.

-(void) segueToMySceneAction:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue {
    // Prepare the destination view controller
    MyOtherCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
    vc.someProperty = [self computeSomeValue];
}

performSegueWithIdentifier: sender: withBlock:

When performing a segue manually, use this method instead of the traditional performSegueWithIdentifier:sender. Pass a block to prepare for your segue.

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"MySegue2" sender:self withBlock:^(UIStoryboardSegue *segue, id sender) {
    // Prepare the destination view controller
    MyCustomViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
    vc.delegate = self;
}];

setActionForSegueWithIdentifier: toBlock:

When you have a segue that you will perform manually you can use this method to setup a block to use everytime the segue is performed.

- (void) viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad]

    [self setActionForSegueWithIdentifier:@"MySegue3" toBlock:^(id theSender) {
        // Prepare the destination view controller
        MyCustomTableViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;

        vc.delegate = self;
        vc.dataSource = [self dataSourceForObject:someObject];
    }];
}

- (void) someOtherMethod {
    // This will perform the segue and then invoke the action block registered in -viewDidLoad
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"MySegue3" sender:self];
}

prepareForSegue:sender:

If you find that you want or need to use the traditional prepareForSegue:sender: you still can. Just implement your own copy of prepareForSegue:sender: in all its string matching glory. Just make sure to call [super prepareForSegue:sender:] otherwise you'll break JKSegueActionViewController's logic.