Question

I currently have developed a Tabbed Based Application. The first Tab is decors which displays Colour Swatches or Images in a TableView Structure. Currently when you push on a image or Colour swatch An alert pops up saying which table cell you have pushed. I instead want to link each table cell image or Colour swatch to a new view controller showing a bigger image of that image or colour swatch. A modal would also do fine

#import "TableViewsViewController.h"

@implementation TableViewsViewController

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Synthesizers

@synthesize table;
@synthesize sitesArray;
@synthesize imagesArray;

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark View lifecycle

// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {


// Load up the sitesArray with a dummy array : sites
NSArray *sites = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"a", @"b", @"c", @"d", @"e", @"f", @"g", @"h", nil];
self.sitesArray = sites;
[sites release];

UIImage *active = [UIImage imageNamed:@"a.png"];
UIImage *ae = [UIImage imageNamed:@"b.png"];
UIImage *audio = [UIImage imageNamed:@"c.png"];
UIImage *mobile = [UIImage imageNamed:@"d.png"];
UIImage *net = [UIImage imageNamed:@"e.png"];
UIImage *photo = [UIImage imageNamed:@"f.png"];
UIImage *psd = [UIImage imageNamed:@"g.png"];
UIImage *vector = [UIImage imageNamed:@"h.png"];

NSArray *images = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects: active, ae, audio, mobile, net, photo, psd, vector, nil];
self.imagesArray = images;
[images release];

[super viewDidLoad];
}


#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table View datasource methods

// Required Methods

// Return the number of rows in a section
-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)table numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [sitesArray count];
}

// Returns cell to render for each row
-(UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"CellIdentifier";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}

// Configure cell

NSUInteger row = [indexPath row];

// Sets the text for the cell
//cell.textLabel.text = [sitesArray objectAtIndex:row];

// Sets the imageview for the cell
cell.imageView.image = [imagesArray objectAtIndex:row];

// Sets the accessory for the cell
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;

// Sets the detailtext for the cell (subtitle)
//cell.detailTextLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"This is row: %i", row + 1];

return cell;
}

// Optional

// Returns the number of section in a table view
-(NSInteger) numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table View delegate methods

// Return the height for each cell
-(CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return 78;
}

// Sets the title for header in the tableview
-(NSString *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return @"Decors";
}

// Sets the title for footer
-(NSString *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return @"Decors";
}

// Sets the indentation for rows
-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView indentationLevelForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
 {
return 0;
}

// This method is run when the user taps the row in the tableview
-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Tapped row!" 
                                          message:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"You tapped: %@", [sitesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]]
                                          delegate:nil 
                                          cancelButtonTitle:@"Yes, I did!" 
                                          otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Memory management

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
NSLog(@"Memory Warning!");
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}

- (void)viewDidUnload {
self.table = nil;
self.sitesArray = nil;
self.imagesArray = nil;
[super viewDidUnload];
}


- (void)dealloc {
[table release];
[sitesArray release];
[imagesArray release];
[super dealloc];
}

@end

Part where the Alert is

// This method is run when the user taps the row in the tableview
-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Tapped row!" 
                                          message:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"You tapped: %@", [sitesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]]
                                          delegate:nil 
                                          cancelButtonTitle:@"Yes, I did!" 
                                          otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

Answer 1

In didSelectRowAtIndexPath you can just init another view controller and present. You can present it from self.navigationController so that there is a back button if you wish. Here I show it presented modally:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    // Deselect row
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];

    // Declare the view controller
    UIViewController *anotherVC = nil;

    // Determine the row/section on the tapped cell
    switch (indexPath.section) {
        case 0:
            switch (indexPath.row) {
                case 0: {
                    // initialize and allocate a specific view controller for section 0 row 0
                    anotherVC = [[ViewControllerForRowZeroSectionZero alloc] init];
                    break;
                }
                case 1: {
                    // initialize and allocate a specific view controller for section 0 row 1
                    anotherVC = [[ViewControllerForRowOneSectionZero alloc] init];
                    break;
                }
            }
            break;
        case 1: {
            // initialize and allocate a specific view controller for section 1 ALL rows
            anotherVC = [[ViewControllerForAllRowsSectionOne alloc] init];
            break;
        }
    }

    // Get cell textLabel string to use in new view controller title
    NSString *cellTitleText = [[[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath] textLabel] text];

    // Get object at the tapped cell index from table data source array to display in title
    id tappedObj = [sitesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

    // Set title indicating what row/section was tapped
    [anotherVC setTitle:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"You tapped section: %d - row: %d - Cell Text: %@ - Sites: %@", indexPath.section, indexPath.row, cellTitleText, tappedObj]];

    // present it modally (not necessary, but sometimes looks better then pushing it onto the stack - depending on your App)
    [anotherVC setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFormSheet];

    // Have the transition do a horizontal flip - my personal fav
    [anotherVC setModalTransitionStyle:UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal];

    // The method `presentModalViewController:animated:` is depreciated in iOS 6 so use `presentViewController:animated:completion:` instead.
    [self.navigationController presentViewController:anotherVC animated:YES completion:NULL];

    // We are done with the view controller.  It is retained by self.navigationController so we can release it (if not using ARC)
    [anotherVC release], anotherVC = nil;
}