ios - presentViewController from TableViewCell

Question

I have a TableViewController, TableViewCell and a ViewController. I have a button in the TableViewCell and I want to present ViewController with presentViewController (but ViewController doesn't have a view on storyboard). I tried using:

@IBAction func playVideo(sender: AnyObject) {
        let vc = ViewController()
        self.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Error: Value of type TableViewCell has no member presentViewController

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Then, I tried

self.window?.rootViewController!.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)

Error: Warning: Attempt to present whose view is not in the window hierarchy!

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What am I doing wrong? What should I do in order to presentViewController from TableViewCell? Also how can I pass data to the new presenting VC from TableViewCell?

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Update:

protocol TableViewCellDelegate
{
   buttonDidClicked(result: Int)
}

class TableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    @IBAction func play(sender: AnyObject) {
        if let id = self.item?["id"].int {
            self.delegate?.buttonDidClicked(id)
        }
    }
}
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// in TableViewController

var delegate: TableViewCellDelegate?
func buttonDidClicked(result: Int) {
    let vc = ViewController()
    self.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

I receive error: Presenting view controllers on detached view controllers is discouraged

(Please note that I have a chain of NavBar & TabBar behind TableView.)

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I also tried

 self.parentViewController!.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)

Same Error.

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Also tried,

self.view.window?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)

Same Error

Answer 1

It seems like you've already got the idea that to present a view controller, you need a view controller. So here's what you'll need to do:

1. Create a protocol that will notify the cell's controller that the button was pressed.
2. Create a property in your cell that holds a reference to the delegate that implements your protocol.
3. Call the protocol method on your delegate inside of the button action.
4. Implement the protocol method in your view controller.
5. When configuring your cell, pass the view controller to the cell as the delegate.

Here's some code:

// 1.
protocol PlayVideoCellProtocol {
    func playVideoButtonDidSelect()
}

class TableViewCell {
// ...

// 2.
var delegate: PlayVideoCellProtocol!

// 3.
@IBAction func playVideo(sender: AnyObject) {
    self.delegate.playVideoButtonDidSelect()
}

// ...
}


class TableViewController: SuperClass, PlayVideoCellProtocol {

// ...

    // 4.
    func playVideoButtonDidSelect() {
        let viewController = ViewController() // Or however you want to create it.
        self.presentViewController(viewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        //... Your cell configuration

        // 5.
        cell.delegate = self

        //...
    }
//...
}