Question

The items array in my uitableview custom controller never gets filled from tmp array! debug hits the init method but nothing changed in self.items array?

in rootcontroller:

MultiSelectionTableViewController *multiSelectionViewController = [[MultiSelectionTableViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MultiSelectionTableViewController" bundle:nil];

[self.navigationController pushViewController:multiSelectionViewController animated:YES];       
[multiSelectionViewController release];

in MultiSelectionTableViewController

@property(nonatomic,retain) NSMutableArray *items;
@synthesize items;

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
 self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
  if (self) {

    NSArray *tmp;
    tmp = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"Yes", @"No", @"Why not?", @"Depends..", nil];

    [self.items addObjectsFromArray:tmp];

 }
return self;
}

Answer 1

You have to alloc/init your array in the custom VC.

Do :

self.items = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"Yes", @"No", @"Why not?", @"Depends..", nil];

instead.

Or,

NSArray *tmp;
tmp = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"Yes", @"No", @"Why not?", @"Depends..", nil];
self.items = tmp;