Question

I’m making a game where a grid that is x by y square views big. What I’d like to do is be able to create the grid programmatically.

I had something along these lines in mind.

int across = x
int down = y
CGRect dimentions = foo, bar //etc
int distanceBetween = z
///some crazy loop to make it

If possible I’d also like to keep a reference to each, ideally by assigning tags so I can manipulate them later..

Cheers

S

Answer 1

I think this should do the trick

int across = x
int down = y
CGSize dimensions; // make a cgsize here with the correct values
int distanceBetween = z;
NSMutableArray *views = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

for (int x = 0; x < across; x++) {
   NSMutableArray *downViews = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
   for (int y = 0; y < down; y++) {
     UIView *view; //create view using the dimensions and padding 
     //any additional setup to the views
     [downViews addObject:view];
   }
   [views addObject:downViews];
   [downViews release];
}