Pass data back to previous viewcontroller

You can use a delegate. So in your ViewController B you need to create a protocol that sends data back to your ViewController A. Your ViewController A would become a delegate of ViewController B.

If you are new to objective C, please look at What is Delegate.

Create protocol in ViewControllerB.h :

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@protocol senddataProtocol <NSObject>

-(void)sendDataToA:(NSArray *)array; //I am thinking my data is NSArray, you can use another object for store your information. 

@end

@interface ViewControllerB : UIViewController

@property(nonatomic,assign)id delegate;

ViewControllerB.m

@synthesize delegate;
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
     [delegate sendDataToA:yourdata];

}

in your ViewControllerA : when you go to ViewControllerB

ViewControllerA *acontollerobject=[[ViewControllerA alloc] initWithNibName:@"ViewControllerA" bundle:nil];
acontollerobject.delegate=self; // protocol listener
[self.navigationController pushViewController:acontollerobject animated:YES];

and define your function:

-(void)sendDataToA:(NSArray *)array
{
   // data will come here inside of ViewControllerA
}

Edited :

You can See this example : How you can Pass data back to previous viewcontroller: Tutorial link

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