Accessing UITextField in a custom UITableViewCell

I think what the OP is trying to understand is how to access the UITextField value once the user has entered data into each fields. This will not be available at the time the cells are created as suggested by @willcodejavaforfood.

I’ve been implementing a form and trying to make it as user friendly as possible. It is doable but be aware that it can get quite convoluted depending on the number of UITableViewCells / UITextFields you have.

Firstly to your question re: accessing the values of UITextField:

1) Make your view controller a <UITextFieldDelegate>

2) Implement the following method:

- (void) textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:(CustomCell*)[[textField superview] superview]]; // this should return you your current indexPath

        // From here on you can (switch) your indexPath.section or indexPath.row
        // as appropriate to get the textValue and assign it to a variable, for instance:
    if (indexPath.section == kMandatorySection) {
        if (indexPath.row == kEmailField) self.emailFieldValue = textField.text;
        if (indexPath.row == kPasswordField) self.passwordFieldValue = textField.text;
        if (indexPath.row == kPasswordConfirmField) self.passwordConfirmFieldValue = textField.text;
    }
    else if (indexPath.section == kOptionalSection) {
        if (indexPath.row == kFirstNameField) self.firstNameFieldValue = textField.text;
        if (indexPath.row == kLastNameField) self.lastNameFieldValue = textField.text;
        if (indexPath.row == kPostcodeField) self.postcodeFieldValue = textField.text;
    }   
}

I also use a similar syntax to make sure the current edited field is visible:

- (void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
    CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell*) [[textField superview] superview];
    [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[self.tableView indexPathForCell:cell] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:YES];
}

And finally, you can handle textViewShouldReturn: in a similar way:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:(CustomCell*)[[textField superview] superview]];
    switch (indexPath.section) {
        case kMandatorySection:
        {
            // I am testing to see if this is NOT the last field of my first section
            // If not, find the next UITextField and make it firstResponder if the user
            // presses ENTER on the keyboard
            if (indexPath.row < kPasswordConfirmField) {
                NSIndexPath *sibling = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:indexPath.row+1 inSection:indexPath.section];
                CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell*)[self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:sibling];
                [cell.cellTextField becomeFirstResponder];
            } else {
                // In case this is my last section row, when the user presses ENTER, 
                // I move the focus to the first row in next section
                NSIndexPath *sibling = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:kFirstNameField inSection:kOptionalSection];
                MemberLoginCell *cell = (MemberLoginCell*)[self.memberTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:sibling];
                [cell.cellTextField becomeFirstResponder];
            }
            break;
        }           
        ...
}