iOS6 table views and accessory segues

If you’re performing segues on a table row selection, you’re probably used to doing something like this in the prepareForSegue: method:

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
  if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"mySegueIdentifier"]) {
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow];
    ... do some work ...
  }
}

In iOS6, segues can now be connected from a table cell’s accessory action. When making this connection, however, the indexPathForSelectedRow returns nil. The prepareForSegue: method has a sender parameter. In the case of an accessory action, this parameter is a UITableViewCell. Knowing this, we can get the correct indexPath like this:

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
  if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"mySegueIdentifier"]) {
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:sender];
    ... do some work...
  }
}