iOS Use of undeclared identifier in protocol?

Question

I have two view controllers, HomeViewController (hereafter HVC) and AddActivityViewController (hereafter AAVC). In AAVC, I've declared a delegate protocol:

@protocol AddActivityViewControllerDelegate;

and defined it thusly:

@protocol AddActivityViewControllerDelegate


-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidSave;

-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidCancel:(ListActivity *) activityToDelete;

@end

Next, I implemented the two methods in HVC (the delegate) like this:

-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidSave
    {
        [self.moc MR_saveToPersistentStoreAndWait];
        [self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
    }

-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidCancel:(ListActivity *) activityToDelete
    {
        [activityToDelete MR_deleteEntity];
        [self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];        
    }

I get this error "Use of undeclared identifier 'addActivityViewControllerDidSave' even though it's clearly declared in the protocol.

I should mention that before this, I was dealing with what was apparently an "import loop," which caused an "undeclared protocol" error. That error seems to have been fixed.

Here are the @import statements from the HomeViewController.h file:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "ListActivity.h"
#import "AddActivityViewController.h"
#import "TimedActivity.h"

@interface HomeViewController : UIViewController <AddActivityViewControllerDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITableView *myTableView;

@property NSManagedObjectContext * moc;

- (IBAction)dumpMemory:(UIButton *)sender;
@end

And from the AddActivityViewController.h file:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "ListActivity.h"

@protocol AddActivityViewControllerDelegate;


@interface AddActivityViewController : UIViewController

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *activityField;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *categoryField;

@property (strong, nonatomic) ListActivity *thisActivity;

@property (nonatomic, weak) id <AddActivityViewControllerDelegate> delegate;

- (IBAction)saveButton:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender;
- (IBAction)cancelButton:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender;

@end

@protocol AddActivityViewControllerDelegate


-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidSave;

-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidCancel:(ListActivity *) activityToDelete;

@end

I can post the full content of all four class files if that is helpful.

Many thanks for helping!

Edit: Here's the full code from HomeViewController.m:

//
//  HomeViewController.m
//  MRExample
//
//  Created by Tim Jones on 1/15/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 TDJ. All rights reserved.
//

#import "HomeViewController.h"
#import "ListActivity.h"

@interface HomeViewController ()

{
    NSFetchedResultsController *frc;
}


@end

@implementation HomeViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = NO;

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

}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

-(void) notificationNewActivityAdded:(NSNotification*)notification
{
    [self refreshData];
}



#pragma mark Table View data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return [[frc sections] count];
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    id<NSFetchedResultsSectionInfo> sectionInfo = [[frc sections] objectAtIndex:section];
    return [sectionInfo numberOfObjects];
}

// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (void)configureCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    // Configure the cell to show the activity's name
    ListActivity *thisActivity = [frc objectAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    cell.textLabel.text = thisActivity.activityName;
}


- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

    [self configureCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];

    cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
    NSAttributedString *attString;
    attString = cell.textLabel.attributedText;
    return cell;
}


//     Section Label

- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    NSString *sectionLabel = [[[frc sections] objectAtIndex:section]name];
    return [sectionLabel uppercaseString];
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSManagedObjectContext *localContext = [NSManagedObjectContext MR_contextForCurrentThread];
    ListActivity *thisActivity = [frc objectAtIndexPath:indexPath];

    TimedActivity *currentActivity = [TimedActivity MR_createInContext:localContext];
    currentActivity.timedActivityName = thisActivity.activityName;
    currentActivity.category = thisActivity.activityCategory;
    currentActivity.timedActivityTapped = [NSDate date];
    [localContext MR_saveToPersistentStoreAndWait];

}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)
    {
        NSManagedObjectContext *localContext = [NSManagedObjectContext MR_contextForCurrentThread];
        ListActivity *activityToTrash = [frc objectAtIndexPath:indexPath];
        // Delete the row from the data source
        [activityToTrash MR_deleteEntity];
        [localContext MR_saveToPersistentStoreAndWait];
        [self refreshData];
    }
}


-(void) refreshData
{
    //This was the turning point for proper MR grouping. The two Properties (activityCategory and activityName) are used as Sort descriptors in the underlying core data methods
    frc = [ListActivity MR_fetchAllSortedBy:@"activityCategory,activityName" ascending:YES withPredicate:nil groupBy:@"activityCategory" delegate:nil];

    [self.myTableView reloadData];
}



- (IBAction)dumpMemory:(UIButton *)sender
{
    NSManagedObjectContext *localContext = [NSManagedObjectContext MR_contextForCurrentThread];
    [ListActivity MR_truncateAllInContext:localContext];
    [localContext MR_saveToPersistentStoreAndWait];

    [self refreshData];
}

- (void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
    NSManagedObjectContext *localContext = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] init];
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"addActivity"])
    {
        AddActivityViewController *aavc = (AddActivityViewController *) [segue destinationViewController];
        aavc.delegate = self;
        ListActivity *newActivity = [ListActivity MR_createInContext:localContext];
        aavc.thisActivity = newActivity;
    }

-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidSave
    {
        [self.moc MR_saveToPersistentStoreAndWait];
        [self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
    }

-(void) addActivityViewControllerDidCancel:(ListActivity *) activityToDelete
    {
        [activityToDelete MR_deleteEntity];
        [self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];        
    }


}
@end

Answer 1

Okay, just as I thought. The problem is that you're missing a bracket "}" at the end of the - (void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender method. Also you have an extra bracket at the end of the class (right above the @end keyword). That's probably the missing bracket. Fix that and your problem will go away.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I don't know if it's the problem, but move the declaration of your delegate (with the @class directive) to the top of AddActivityViewController, like this:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "ListActivity.h"

@class AddActivityViewController;

@protocol AddActivityViewControllerDelegate
- (void)addActivityViewControllerDidSave;
- (void)addActivityViewControllerDidCancel:(ListActivity *) activityToDelete;
@end

@interface AddActivityViewController : UIViewController

@property (nonatomic, weak) id <AddActivityViewControllerDelegate> delegate;
@property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UITextField *activityField;
@property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UITextField *categoryField;
@property (nonatomic, strong) ListActivity *thisActivity;

- (IBAction)saveButton:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender;
- (IBAction)cancelButton:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender;

@end