Identifying the selected item when autocomplete

[Karl]

Hi there.

I have set up a sample autocomplete view controller inside one of my projects. The _dataSource is an array of NSManagedObjects and the type ahead completion etc works just fine. Of course, having found my item in the long list I would like to do something with it. I can't see anything in the example project that lets me identify the selection I have made. I have the delegate working and the following does fire. It displays the correct text description of the item.

- (void)autoComplete:(TKAutoCompleteTextView *__nonnull)autocomplete didAutoComplete:(NSString * _Nonnull)completion {
    NSLog(@"Selected : %@",completion);
}

Where do look to find the selected item? Ideally, this would be the id of the item I selected but I could live with its key. 

[Adrian]

Hello, Karl,

Thank you for contacting us.

The method you are implementing is correct. Having the selected string you should be able to get the item from your dataSource. It would be great if you could send me a sample project, so I can give you proper solution.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Regards,
Adrian
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[Karl]

Hi Adrian,

Thank you for your reply. 

I have the string but what I don't have is the link back to the object that the string came from. My original data source already stands at 800 NSManagedObjects. It seems a little odd to reverse search from the description string back to the object. That didn't sit well with me so I'm trying to implement my own search using UISearchController. 

In terms of code, my evaluation has run out so probably not a good use of your time to look at this but I really appreciate the offer.

Kind regards

Karl

[Sophi]

Hi Karl,

The autoComplete:didAutoComplete method returns the string used to complete your input. 
If you want to get the TKAutoCompleteToken object of the chosen item you can override the autocomplete:didAddToken method which provides you with the whole object not just the string.

-(void)autoComplete:(TKAutoCompleteTextView *)autocomplete didAddToken:(TKAutoCompleteToken *)token{

}

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Sophi
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