Question

I have a simply MainWindow file created by the Interface Builder in black background. Inside this plain view, I’ve added from top to bottom a small view (300×100), a textLabel and a couple of buttons.

In the MainApplication.h I’ve defined:

IBOutlet RoundRectView* smallView;
IBOutlet UILabel* label;

In the MainApplication.h I’ve @synthesized these variables and with that:

[label setText:@”Test”];

I can see all in my screen and it works perfect.

Now my problem:

I want to add a table with two rows inside my small white view, and what I’ve done is:

1. Create a tableController.h who’s the delegate and the data source:

@interface IncomeExpenseController :
UITableViewController
{ IBOutlet
UITableView* smallTable; NSArray
*content; }

@property (nonatomic, retain)
UITableView *smallTable; @property
(nonatomic, retain) NSArray *content;

@end

2. Create the .m file with:

@synthesize smallTable; @synthesize
content;

• (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad]; content = [[NSArray alloc]
  initWithObjects:@”Item1″, @”Item2″,
  nil]; }

• (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView
  *)tableView {
  // Return the number of sections.
  return 0; }

• (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
  {
  // Return the number of rows in the section.
  return 2; }

// Customize the appearance of table
view cells.
– (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath
*)indexPath {

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]

initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier]
autorelease];
} NSLog(@”inside cell”);

// Configure the cell...    cell.textLabel.text = [content

objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

return cell; }

Now in the Interface Builder, I drag and drop a UITableView inside the white small view and drag and drop a Table View Controller along with the File Owner’s window and I do these connections:

1. Class of the Table View Controller to tableController

2. Outlets:
   DataSource and Delegate to my Table Controller

3. Referencing Outlets:
   customTable and View to my Table Controllers

When I execute, I can see the lines of the table view but with no content, I cannot see the NSLog either but if I put a NSLog inside the viewDidLoad I can see it.

I’m really new (2 days) on that and any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Solved.

First of all, the TableView is grouped so I must return almost one section.
Second, from the Interface Builder, I had to link the “view” from the Table to my external controller.

Now it works perfectly.