Trying to get index of active cell from textField inside custom cell of UITableView in iOS

Trying to get index of active cell from textField inside custom cell of
UITableView in iOS

I have a UITableView in my application where I have custom UITableViewCell
which contains a UITextField. What I would like to do is get the correct
index of the row when I select a particular textfield from that row.
Unfortunately, I am only able to get the correct index of the row if I
actually click on the row, and not when I select the textfield itself. I
am implementing the UITextFieldDelegate, and when I select a particular
UITextField, I call the method:
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
int rowTest = [_table indexPathForSelectedRow].row;
int rowTest1 = [_cell.tireCodeField tag];
NSLog(@"the current row is: %d", rowTest1);
NSLog(@"and this row is: %d", rowTest);
return YES;
}
The problem is that the value for the row that I am getting is from
whenever the method:
- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
...
}
get's called. It is as if there is a disconnect between the UITextField
and the row in the table it resides in. Is there a way for me to select a
particular textField, and get the
Is there a way for me to get the index of the row by selecting the
UITextField that resides within it, instead of selecting the row itself?
Thanks in advance to all who reply.