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user7755257
user7755257

Reputation:

How to call block defined as property in another class?

I am calling the block from second class which has been declared and maintained in first class.

In ViewController.h

@property (copy) void (^simpleBlock)(NSString*);

In View Controller.m

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.simpleBlock = ^(NSString *str)
    {
        NSLog(@"Hello My Name is: %@",str);
    };
}

In SecondViewController.m

In ViewDidload

ViewController *VC = [[ViewController alloc]init];
VC.simpleBlock(@"Harjot");//bad execution error

Please suggest me some solutions because the code is giving me bad execution error. How can i call the block in any another way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 265

Answers (1)

tanz
tanz

Reputation: 2547

It's the correct way of run the block. However if you try to run a block that is nil you'll have a crash - so you should always check that it's not nil before calling it:

ViewController *vc = [[ViewController alloc] init];
if (vc.simpleClock) {
   vc.simpleBlock(@"Harjot");//this will not get called
}

The reason why in your case the block is nil is because you set it in viewDidLoad - however viewDidLoad is not called until its view is ready to go on screen. For testing purposes try to move the assignment from viewDidLoad to init and this should work:

- (instancetype)init 
{
   self [super init];
   if (self) {
      _simpleBlock = ^(NSString *str)
      {
          NSLog(@"Hello My Name is: %@",str);
      };
   }
   return self;
}

Upvotes: 1

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