IPhone: Pass data between view controllers

There are several ways to pass the data between the view controllers.

1.      Delegates & Protocols

2.      NSUserDefaults

3.      Database

4.      Singleton Object

Here I am going to explain using Delegates & Protocols.
First we will get an idea about the protocols and delegates.

Protocols

 Protocols declare methods that can be implemented by any class. Protocols are useful in at least three situations:

·         To declare methods that others are expected to implement

·         To declare the interface to an object while concealing its class

·         To capture similarities among classes that are not hierarchically related

 Declaring a Protocol

You declare formal protocols with the @protocol directive:

@protocol ProtocolName

method declarations

@end

Optional Protocol Methods

Protocol methods can be marked as optional using the @optional keyword. Corresponding to the @optional modal keyword, there is a @required keyword to formally denote the semantics of the default behavior. You can use @optional and @required to partition your protocol into sections as you see fit. If you do not specify any keyword, the default is @required.

@protocol MyProtocol

- (void)requiredMethod;

@optional

- (void)anOptionalMethod;

- (void)anotherOptionalMethod;

@required

- (void)anotherRequiredMethod;

@end

Delegates

iOS uses Objective-C delegates to implement the delegation pattern, in which one object passes work off to another. The object doing the work is the delegate of the first object. An object tells its delegate to do work by sending it messages after certain things happen.
Delegates are basically a way of extending the behavior of a class without needing to create subclasses. Applications in iOS often use delegates when one class calls back to another after an important action occurs.

For Java Developers:

Protocol is similar to Interface

Protocol	Interface
@protocol ProtocolName -(void)methodName(NSString *):value; @end	public interface ProtocolName {    public void methodName(String value); }
Declare protocol in .h file and import the .h file, wherever protocol has to be called	implements the interface and have a logic in a class

Sample Code : Here 

Screenshots:

View Controller Loaded

Entered Sample Text and Pressed Updated Button

Data transferred to Second View controller

 

Edited the Text and Pressed Back

Edited Text updated in first view controller