How to initialize UiPickerView inside custom tableViewCell? - ios

Question

I am trying to create PickerView inside tableViewCell. I made my custom cell conform UIPickerViewDelegate and UIPickerViewDataSource protocols. I send data array to cell from the controller (I think this doesn't conform to MVC pattern, may be you also can suggest me how to fix that?). But when tableview calls dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier the cell calls pickerView function. However, pickerView function uses pickerData which is not initialized yet. How do I fix that?
Below is my code for the cell:
class PickerTableViewCell: UITableViewCell, UIPickerViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource {
#IBOutlet weak var picker: UIPickerView!
#IBOutlet weak var title: UILabel!
var pickerData: Array<String>!
override func awakeFromNib() {
self.picker.delegate = self;
self.picker.dataSource = self;
super.awakeFromNib()
}
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
func pickerView(pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
return pickerData.count // I get fatal error here due to pickerData is nil
}
func numberOfComponentsInPickerView(pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func pickerView(pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String? {
return pickerData[row]
}
}
And here is the code for the cell's initialization:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("picker", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! PickerTableViewCell
cell.title.text = fieldModel.editFieldArray[indexPath.row].title
cell.pickerData = (fieldModel.editFieldArray[indexPath.row] as! PickerEditField).pickerData
return cell
}
Thanks a lot for any help!

Answer 1

Your issue is that you have reload the components of PickerView so make one small change in your cellForRowAtIndexPath and just reload the components of PickerView after setting the pickerData Array.
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("picker", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! PickerTableViewCell
cell.title.text = fieldModel.editFieldArray[indexPath.row].title
cell.pickerData = (fieldModel.editFieldArray[indexPath.row] as! PickerEditField).pickerData
cell.picker.reloadAllComponents();
return cell
}
Also in awakeFromNib initialize your pickerData object
override func awakeFromNib() {
self.pickerData = Array<String>()
self.picker.delegate = self;
self.picker.dataSource = self;
super.awakeFromNib()
}