Question

I am using grouped tableview for developing a contact list using database. I have to show the message “No Contacts” on tableview when there is no contact in list. how can I do it?

Share your ideas..

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

supposing that you are using an array to store all the contacts then use the following delegate

-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
   { 
   // You can also modify this condition according to a specific section

   if([YOUR_ARRAY count] == 0)
    {
    return 1;
    }
   else  
   return [YOUR_ARRAY count];
 }

Now adding data to table in following delegate

-(UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

  // Initialise your cell

 if([YOUR_ARRAY count] > 0){

  // add your array data to cells

  }

  if([YOUR_ARRAY count] == 0){

   // this means no contacts in array and therfore you have only one cell to display NO CONTACTS

   }

   return cell;

}