Using 1 AppDelegate for multiple .xib xcode/ipad sdk

Question

Is it a good practice to use one main AppDelegate.h to handle all the ibaction stuff?

is it even possible? if so who does one do this? my IB only lets me link to the associated .m file

firstView.xib only respond to ibaction in firstView.m

I want a button on firstView.xib to respond to ibaction in AppDelegate.m

any thoughts?

Answer 1

No, it's not good practice. But if you really want to...

• If you aren't worried about having the same instance of appDelegate holding the IBActions, you can just drag a generic object from the library into your firstView.xib, then change the class to appDelegate. That will allow you to link actions.

• You can hook up the actions programmatically: create IBOutlets from the view controller, and in the viewDidLoad method of the view controller, get the [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] and attach it's IBAction methods to the actions of the IBOutlets for the buttons

To access the app delegate from elsewhere in your code, do the following:

#import "AppDelegate.h"

AppDelegate * appDelegate = (AppDelegate *) [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];