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Looking for a tutorial on how to use Storyboards? Click here.

Passing Data With prepareForSegue

If your views/scenes are connected via segues instead of IBActions, here's how to pass data from one view controller to the next using prepareForSegue.

Your segue must have a unique identifier (in the Storyboard editor, click on the segue and go to the attributes inspector).

Here's an example for a table view cell segue (this replaces the didSelectRow code for the table view delegate): 

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender 
{    
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"ShowSelectedFont"]) 
    {    
        NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.theTableView indexPathForSelectedRow];
        Game *game = [games objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

        GameScreenController *controller = [segue destinationViewController];
        controller.game = game;
    }
}

Here's a simpler example for a UIButton click segue: 

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender 
{    
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"showWebPage"]) 
    {        
        WebViewController *controller = [segue destinationViewController];
        controller.pageToLoad = @"fnord.html";
    }
}

Triggering a Segue Programmatically

[self performSegueWithIdentifier: @"SegueToScene1" sender: self];

Instantiating a View Controller from the Storyboard

If you have a scene on the storyboard with no segues attached to it, you can instantiate it by using its storyboard identifier: 

UIStoryboard *storyboard = self.storyboard;
MyViewController *controller = [storyboard 
    instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"myControllerIdentifier"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];

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