Question

I’m new to iOS programming and I’m reading this tutorial to get along http://www.raywenderlich.com/1797/how-to-create-a-simple-iphone-app-tutorial-part-1

There’s a part where it tells me to open my MasterViewController.m and do this:

// Replace the return statement in tableView:numberOfRowsInSection with the following:
return _bugs.count;

And this:

// Replace tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath with the following
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
         cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView
                             dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"MyBasicCell"];
    ScaryBugDoc *bug = [self.bugs objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    cell.textLabel.text = bug.data.title;
    cell.imageView.image = bug.thumbImage;
    return cell;
}

However, I can’t find in this class a statement that says something like “tableView:numberOfRowsInSection” nor “tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath”.

Here is the code of my MasterViewController.m class:

#import "ScaryBugsMasterViewController.h"
#import "ScaryBugDoc.h"
#import "ScaryBugData.h"

@implementation ScaryBugsMasterViewController

@synthesize bugs = _bugs;


- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    [super awakeFromNib];
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}

#pragma mark - View lifecycle

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    self.title = @"Scary Bugs"; 
}

- (void)viewDidUnload
{
    [super viewDidUnload];
    // Release any retained subviews of the main view.
    // e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
}

- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return YES;
}

/*
// Override to support conditional editing of the table view.
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Return NO if you do not want the specified item to be editable.
    return YES;
}
*/

/*
// Override to support editing the table view.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
        // Delete the row from the data source.
        [tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
    } else if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert) {
        // Create a new instance of the appropriate class, insert it into the array, and add a new row to the table view.
    }   
}
*/

/*
// Override to support rearranging the table view.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)fromIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)toIndexPath
{
}
*/

/*
// Override to support conditional rearranging of the table view.
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Return NO if you do not want the item to be re-orderable.
    return YES;
}
*/

@end

Did I do something wrong when creating the classes, maybe?

Thank you.

Answer 1

A UITableView needs these three methods to work.

(1) Specify the number of sections in the table

(2) Specify the number of rows per section in the table

(3) Create the UITableViewCell that will fill the rows of the table

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
 numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return [self.bugs count];
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
         cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView
                             dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"MyBasicCell"];
    ScaryBugDoc *bug = [self.bugs objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    cell.textLabel.text = bug.data.title;
    cell.imageView.image = bug.thumbImage;
    return cell;
}

Edit: Navigation to the bottom of the page and download the source code. These method are implemented in the MasterViewController.

When you create a new class just subclass the UITableViewController and these method templates will automatically be in the class, you just have to implement them.