CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosobjective-cuiviewcontroller
knurb
knurb

Reputation: 495

Accessing ViewController itself from a class method inside the View Controller in Objective-C

I have a ViewController in my project that has a class method that uploads a file to a server. It is class method because it will be access by a NSObject class that handles the image capturing.

However, as it turns out, I cannot access the ViewController itself from the inside of my static function in the original ViewController. I want to do this in order to show a progress HUD that overlays over the ViewController.

Any idea on how to handle this?

The method is defined as such in the header:

+(void)uploadImage:(NSString*)imagePath thumbnailPath:(NSString*)thumbnailPath;

Upvotes: 0

Views: 504

Answers (2)

Mike D
Mike D

Reputation: 4946

You could also abstract this out a bit by creating a protocol which you can have any object adopt, and pass that in as a dependency;

@protocol MyProtocol
-(id)someData;
@end

@interface MyObjct
+(void)uploadImage:(NSString*)imagePath thumbnailPath:(NSString*)thumbnailPath dataSource:(id<MyProtocol>)data;
@end

This way, it will not matter if its an instance of a UIViewController or any other object that implements the methods in MyProtocol.

Upvotes: 1

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 7419

Here's a couple options:

1) Make the method an instance method, and have the NSObject call it on your specific instance of the View Controller.

2) Post a notification in the class method and have your view controller instance subscribe to it.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions