How to properly use selectors in swift 4

Question

I have read many tutorials and even the official Apple documentation and must not understand what is wrong with this code.

var dueDatePicker = UIDatePicker()

@IBOutlet weak var textField: UITextField!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    textField.inputView = dueDatePicker
    dueDatePicker.addTarget(self, action: #selector(datePickerValueChanged(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.valueChanged)
}

func datePickerValueChanged(_ sender: UIDatePicker){
    //Do Stuff
}

At runtime, I click on the textField and the UIDatePicker appears. The function that the selector points to is executed. As soon as I click a UI object outside of the UIDatePicker, the app crashes with this error:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[YourApp.PromiseViewController dueDateChanged:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x100b12ae0'

What I don't understand is that the "selector" or pointer to the desired function is recognized initially. However, when I trigger another event from another UI Object this exception is thrown.

Why is this happening?

Shouldn't this exception be triggered when datePickerValueChanged() is called initially?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 02:57

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Just add @objc in front of your function

@objc func datePickerValueChanged(_ sender: UIDatePicker){
    //Do Stuff
}

answered Jun 22 '17 at 02:57

Leang Socheat

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that is a suck solution ! – Fattie Jul 28 '17 at 14:23
how about your idea @Fattie – Leang Socheat Jul 31 '17 at 02:42
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sorry!! What I mean is, your solution is perfect!!! :) But it's very unfortunate that Swift works this way at the moment, it's a shame to have to do this. – Fattie Jul 31 '17 at 13:56

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '17 at 02:15

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The error is telling you that an action with the selector dueDateChanged(_:) has been added as a target action.

More than one target action can be added to a control. Somewhere, maybe in your storyboard or xib, you have another action added to dueDatePicker.

answered Jun 22 '17 at 02:15

Jeffery Thomas

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I cant believe I didn't see that. Thanks so much. I was beginning to doubt the very logic of my existence. Cheers! – Kohler Fryer Jun 22 '17 at 05:24

How to properly use selectors in swift 4

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