Add Observer to BOOL variable

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Solution 1

You observe keys to be notified when their value changes. The data type can be anything. For anything defined as an Objective-C property (with @property in the .h file) this is ready to go so if you want to observe a BOOL property you add to a view controller you do it as follows:

in myViewController.h:

@interface myViewController : UIViewController {
    BOOL      mySetting;
}

@property (nonatomic)    BOOL    mySetting;

in myViewController.m

@implementation myViewController

@synthesize mySetting;

// rest of myViewController implementation

@end

in otherViewController.m:

// assumes myVC is a defined property of otherViewController

- (void)presentMyViewController {
    self.myVC = [[[MyViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
    // note: remove self as an observer before myVC is released/dealloced
    [self.myVC addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"mySetting" options:0 context:nil];
    // present myVC modally or with navigation controller here
}

- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context
{
    if (object == self.myVC && [keyPath isEqualToString:@"mySetting"]) {
        NSLog(@"OtherVC: The value of self.myVC.mySetting has changed");
    }
}

Solution 2

I believe what you meant was: How to get INT or BOOL value from the 'change' dictionary if the property has changed.

You can simply do it this way:

- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath
                      ofObject:(id)object
                        change:(NSDictionary *)change
                       context:(void *)context
{
    if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"mySetting"])
    {
        NSNumber *mySettingNum = [change objectForKey:NSKeyValueChangeNewKey];
        BOOL newSetting = [mySettingNum boolValue];
        NSLog(@"mySetting is %s", (newSetting ? "true" : "false")); 
        return;
    }

    [super observeValueForKeyPath:keyPath ofObject:object change:change context:context];
}

Solution 3

Yes; the only requirement is that the object in which those variables occur are key-value compliant for those properties.

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Updated on June 04, 2022

Comments

  • Alex
    Alex almost 2 years

    Is it possible to add observers to simple variables such as BOOLs or NSIntegers and see when they change?

    Thanks!

  • Alex
    Alex almost 13 years
    Nothing, I just don't know how to use it to look for a change in the variable's value.
  • Zaky German
    Zaky German almost 13 years
    Correct me if i'm wrong, but afaik it doesn't have to be a property, it can be 2 methods a getter - [boolName] and a setter - set[boolName] that will take and return an NSNumber
  • Alex
    Alex almost 13 years
    I'm actually referring to the editing BOOL variables from UIViewControllers. So in a way they are properties, but no of objects I made.
  • deanWombourne
    deanWombourne almost 13 years
    Then yes - if they're properties go and observe away (assuming they are key-value compliant but I've just taken it as read that they will be!) - Have you tried to observe them? What happens when you do?
  • Alex
    Alex almost 13 years
    Seems to me like I can't add an observer...If I try to say [self.editing addObserver], there will be no automatic completion.
  • deanWombourne
    deanWombourne almost 13 years
    No but you can add an observer to self, passing in edit as the path :)
  • Leon
    Leon about 7 years
    Is there a specific reason why you would return if you handled your variable and not call the super method? This way the super method is only called when KVO is called and it's not your variable.

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