How to transfer data between UIViewControllers with protocols / delegates

Question

In the code below there is ViewController("SenderViewController"), which transmits a message to the main one ViewControllerwhen the button is clicked. I don’t quite understand how the method messageData()basically ViewControllerknows when to listen to the message.

Can someone explain to me what causes the method messageData()in the main ViewController?

SenderViewController:

import UIKit  
protocol SenderViewControllerDelegate {  
    func messageData(data: AnyObject)  
}  
class SenderViewController: UIViewController {  
    @IBOutlet weak var inputMessage: UITextField!  
     var delegate: SenderViewControllerDelegate?  

    @IBAction func sendData(sender: AnyObject) {  
        /  
        if inputMessage.text != ""{  
            self.presentingViewController!.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)  
            self.delegate?.messageData(inputMessage.text!)  
        }  
    }  
}  

Main ViewController:

import UIKit  
class ViewController: UIViewController, SenderViewControllerDelegate{  
    @IBOutlet weak var showData: UILabel!  

    override func viewDidLoad() {  
        super.viewDidLoad()  
    }  

    @IBAction func goToView(sender: AnyObject) {  
        let pvc = storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("senderViewController") as! SenderViewController  
        pvc.delegate = self  
        self.presentViewController(pvc, animated:true, completion:nil)  
    }  

   // What triggers this method, how it know when to listen? 
    func messageData(data: AnyObject) {  
        self.showData.text = "\(data)"  
    }  
} 

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Objects do not exactly listen for method calls. They are sitting there, waiting for a call.

Line

self.delegate?.messageData(inputMessage.text!)

SenderViewController - . ( , method .) messageData ViewController.

Answer 2

SenderViewController MainViewController self. , SenderViewController

self.delegate?.messageData(inputMessage.text!)

MainViewController

func messageData(data: AnyObject) {  
        self.showData.text = "\(data)"  
    } 

Answer 3

SenderViewController:

sendData. delegate messageData. , SenderViewControllerDelegate, (. ).

ViewController ( ):

, goToView delegate SenderViewController "", ViewController, , SenderViewControllerDelegate messageData. , ViewController delegate SenderViewController messageData!

Answer 4

self.delegate?.messageData(inputMessage.text!)

Answer 5

@IBAction func sendData(sender: AnyObject) {  

    if inputMessage.text != ""{  
        self.delegate?.messageData(inputMessage.text!)  
        self.presentingViewController!.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)  

    }else{
       //handle here
}

. mainViewController, . ..

SenderViewController:

import UIKit  
protocol SenderViewControllerDelegate {  
    func messageData(data: [String : Any])  
}  
class SenderViewController: UIViewController {  
    @IBOutlet weak var inputMessage: UITextField!  
    var delegate: SenderViewControllerDelegate?  

    @IBAction func sendData(sender: AnyObject) {  

        let myDict = [ "name": "Name", "age": 21, "email": "[e-mail]"] as! [String : Any]

        self.delegate?.messageData(myDict) 
        self.presentingViewController!.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)  


  }  
}  

ViewController

import UIKit  
class ViewController: UIViewController, SenderViewControllerDelegate{  
    @IBOutlet weak var showData: UILabel!  

    override func viewDidLoad() {  
        super.viewDidLoad()  
    }  

    @IBAction func goToView(sender: AnyObject) {  
        let pvc = storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("senderViewController") as! SenderViewController  
        pvc.delegate = self  
        self.presentViewController(pvc, animated:true, completion:nil)  
    }  

   // What triggers this method, how it know when to listen? 
    func messageData(data: [String : Any]) {  
        print(data["name"])  
        print(data["age"])  
        print(data["email"])  

    }  
}