insert UITextField (from a UIAlertController) into an NSMutableArray - objective-c

Question

Hello I am tying to insert user input attained from an alert txtfield into a mutable array.
So, I have a tableView with a button to add a additional row. When the button is pressed the user can enter a message.
I would like to have that message be inserted into my array.
I was going to use the method clickedButtonAtIndex but Xcode states that that method is now deprecated.
Is there any other way to go about doing this??
here is the code for my array:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
self.exampleMessages = [[NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:#"Example Message..", #"Example Message..",#"Example Message..",#"Example Message..",#"Example Message..", #"Example Message..",#"Example Message..",#"Example Message..", nil];}
here is my function that is executed once the add row button is pressed:
- (void)insertNewObject
//function that is executed after a new object is inserted
{
UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:#""
message:nil
preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
//create a UIAlert named alert
[alert addTextFieldWithConfigurationHandler:^(UITextField *messageTextField) {
messageTextField.placeholder = NSLocalizedString(#"message content", #"Message");
}];
//add a UITextField to the UIAlert
UIAlertAction *messageAction = [UIAlertAction
actionWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"Add", #"Message action")
style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
UITextField *userMessage = alert.textFields.firstObject;
NSLog(#"%#", userMessage);
//capture the value of the UITextField
}];
//add a button called "add"
UIAlertAction *cancelAction = [UIAlertAction
actionWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"Cancel", #"Cancel action")
style:UIAlertActionStyleCancel
handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {}];
//add a button called "cancel"
[alert addAction:messageAction];
//add the add button to the alert
[alert addAction:cancelAction];
//add the cancel button to the alert
[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
//present the alert to the UI
}
In the code right here I am capturing the value and storing it in a variable but now how do I put it in my array?
UITextField *userMessage = alert.textFields.firstObject;
NSLog(#"%#", userMessage);
//capture the value of the UITextField

Answer 1

Replace comment
//capture the value of the UITextField
with the following line:
[self.exampleMessages addObject:userMessage.text ?: #""];
Looks like after that you will need to update table view, via [self.tableView reloadData] or similar call.