Question

Can Xcode 4.2 auto-generate me the stubs for the protocols i defined in the header-file?

In this tutorial (http://kurrytran.blogspot.com/2011/10/ios-5-storyboard-and.html) in the note of point 4 the author says, Xcode will now auto generate the methods i need. Otherwise I did something wrong…

Answer 1

From your question, I can’t understand exactly what you need.

If you need boilerplate code like the -(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath implementation that comes when you subclass UITableViewController, then you should create your own templates as Grouchal suggests. Also check a similar question I asked here.

I think that the tutorial you link to refers to code sense, for example:

• In a header file, add a protocol like <UITextFieldDelegate>:

@interface FirstViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>

• Save, and then in your .m file, you can see the new methods that you can implement just by typing a dash “-” and then pressing “Escape” on your keyboard. It helps if you type the first letters, for example “-tex” and then “Escape” will display the methods of the UITextFieldDelegate.

Try the same with UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource, you will see that you’ll get a similar result as the one at step 4 of your tutorial (note that in the screenshot, the user has already typed “-tab” to get the list of methods).