iphone - Calling method in current view controller from App Delegate in iOS

Question

I have two view controllers (BuildingsViewController and RoomsViewController) that both use a function within the App Delegate called upload. The upload function basically does an HTTP request, and if its successful or unsuccessful, triggers a uialertview. This is working fine.

The part I'm struggling with is from within the app delegate's connectionDidFinishLoading method. I need to be able to basically refresh the current view controller via perhaps viewWillAppear method of that view controller. Inside the viewWillAppear function of each view controller I have code which determines the buttons on the bottom toolbar.

I want the "upload" button in the toolbar of each view controller to automatically be removed when the uploading is done via the app delegate.

I've tried doing [viewController viewWillAppear:YES] from within the connectionDidFinishLoading method of the app delegate, but it never gets called.

I hope I'm clear enough. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

To do the refresh of the view do not call viewWillAppear if the view is already displayed. What you want to do is the following:

When ConnectionDidFinishLoading method is triggered post a notification

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"refreshView" object:nil];

In your viewController observe for this notification. You do it by adding this code to your init or viewDidLoad method

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(refreshView:) name:@"refreshView" object:nil];

Now implement -(void)refreshView:(NSNotification *) notification method in your viewController to manage your view to your liking.