getting element from array one by one and createbutton - ios

Question

I have a UItextFeild as search bar on clicking a tableview with suggestion open.now i want to click on that row and make a button with its label in below view as described in image .how can i acheive this
I want it one by one means when i click on row it create a button on view and UITableView hide then again i start searching and on again clicking on some other row make a button with different value of X.
_selectednames = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:self.sortedArray.count];
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// MGContactItemsModel *model = _arrayForContacts[indexPath.row];
self.searchText.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[_sortedArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
self.tableView.hidden = YES;
[_selectednames addObject:_searchText.text];
for (int i; i < _selectednames.count ; i++) {
[self makeLabelsAndButtons:i];
}
now in my makeLabelsAndButtons funtion i done something like this
CGFloat xOffset = 10.0f;
int buttonCount = 0;
CGRect buttonFrame = CGRectMake(xOffset, 10.0, 50.0, 15.0);
NSString *nameString = [self.selectednames objectAtIndex:indexPath];
UIButton *_button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[_button addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
//_button.frame = CGRectMake(xOffset, 10.0, 50.0, 15.0);
for(int i=buttonCount; i >0;i++) {
xOffset = xOffset+10;
buttonFrame.origin.x += buttonFrame.size.width+xOffset;
}
_button.frame = buttonFrame;
buttonCount++;
_button.tag = indexPath;
//button.center = CGPointMake(xOffset, 10.0f);
//[button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:picString] forState: UIControlStateNormal];
[_button setTitle:self.selectednames[indexPath] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
_button.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
_button.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial" size:8.0f];
_button.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0f;
_button.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
[self.buttonView addSubview:_button];
NSLog(#"name: %#", nameString);
also on clicking button it will removed.any help would be thankful.

Answer 1

It works for me.Please try it.
y=20;
x=20;
for (int i=0; i<[arrAssignUsers count]; i++) {
CGRect screenRect=[[UIScreen mainScreen]bounds];
CGFloat screenWidth=screenRect.size.width;
[arrBtnStatus addObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO]];
NSString *strNames=[arrAssignUsers objectAtIndex:i];
stringsize=[strNames sizeWithAttributes:
#{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont systemFontOfSize:20.0f]}];
btn=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
CGFloat m=x+stringsize.width+10;
CGFloat n=screenWidth-20;
if (m<=n) {
btn.frame=CGRectMake(x, y,stringsize.width,stringsize.height);
x=x+stringsize.width +10;
}
else
{
y=y+stringsize.height+10;
x=20;
btn.frame=CGRectMake(x, y,stringsize.width,stringsize.height);
x=x+stringsize.width+10;
}
[btn setTitle:self.arrAssignUsers[i] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
btn.tag=i;
[btn addTarget:self
action:#selector(notifyButtonPressedInEditTask:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
btn.backgroundColor=WHITE_COLOR;
btn.layer.cornerRadius=10;
[btn.layer setMasksToBounds:YES];
btn.layer.borderWidth=2.0f;
btn.layer.borderColor=[UIColor orangeColor].CGColor;
[self checkNotifybtnStatus:btn];
[cell addSubview:btn];
}
}
It may helps to you.Thank you

Answer 2

You can use UICollectionView to create buttons. All you need to do is
1. Create custom cell with button as you want
2. When you tap on table view cell, add item to array and reload UICollectionView
3. Show buttons and it will automatically add scrollview for you.
When you tap on UICollectionView cell, remove object from array and reload UICollectionView again.
This will more easy as compared to adding buttons and setting frames.
And design UICollectionView cell in such way that it will same length as your text, use NSLayoutConstraints for it. It will work fast and smooth.
Code will be minimum and reusable.

Answer 3

Try out this working code...
Take UIScrollView in your Xib for buttons
//Adding menu buttons
btnArray = #[#"SYMPTOMATIC", #"SOCIAL", #"VOCATIONAL", #"PERSONAL"];
[self addButtonsInScrollMenu:btnArray];
/**
* Add Menu Buttons in Menu Scroll View
*
* #param buttonArray Array containing all menu button title
*/
#pragma mark - Add Menu Buttons in Menu Scroll View
-(void) addButtonsInScrollMenu:(NSArray *)buttonArray
{
CGFloat buttonHeight = self.menuScrollView.frame.size.height;
CGFloat cWidth = 0.0f;
for (int i = 0 ; i<buttonArray.count; i++)
{
NSString *tagTitle = [buttonArray objectAtIndex:i];
CGFloat buttonWidth = [self widthForMenuTitle:tagTitle buttonEdgeInsets:kDefaultEdgeInsets];
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
button.frame = CGRectMake(cWidth, 0.0f, buttonWidth, buttonHeight);
[button setTitle:tagTitle forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Roboto-Regular" size:12.0f];
[button setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//[button setTitleColor:[UIColor lightGrayColor] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button.tag = i;
[self.menuScrollView addSubview:button];
UIView *bottomView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, button.frame.size.height - kButtonBorderHeight, button.frame.size.width, kButtonBorderHeight)];
bottomView.backgroundColor = [UIColor darkTextColor];
bottomView.tag = 1001;
[button addSubview:bottomView];
if (i == 0)
{
button.selected = YES;
[bottomView setHidden:NO];
}
else
{
[bottomView setHidden:YES];
}
cWidth += buttonWidth;
}
NSLog(#"scroll menu width->%f",cWidth);
self.menuScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(cWidth, self.menuScrollView.frame.size.height);
}