How to put NSDictionary inside NSDictionary into UITableView? - ios

Question

I receive following NSDictionary from my server. I don't know how to access each row and put them in UITableView. I need a for loop or something to access each of them one by one: I get following when I say:
NSLog(#"%#",dict);
{
chores = (
{
"first_due_date" = "2016-03-12";
frequency = weekly;
id = 1;
name = TEST;
parent = Blah;
"previous_chores" = (
);
},
{
"first_due_date" = "2016-03-12";
frequency = weekly;
id = 2;
name = TEST2;
parent = Blah;
"previous_chores" = (
);
},
{
"first_due_date" = "2016-03-12";
frequency = weekly;
id = 3;
name = TEST3;
parent = Blah;
"previous_chores" = (
);
}
);
}

Answer 1

I guess you can directly use the array without split it like following:
Suppose you have an array with dictionary and inside the dictionary as your data and kiran said:
NSArray *arrChores = [dict valueForKey #"Chores"];
Your array look like 0th index is:
{
"first_due_date" = "2016-03-12";
frequency = weekly;
id = 1;
name = TEST;
parent = Blah;
"previous_chores" = (
);
}
so you can print the name like following in cellForrowIndex:
NSLog(#"=== %#",[[arrChores objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]valueForKey:#"name"])
More easy and less maintain :)

Answer 2

Create a model for Chores.
Looking at the dictionary.
Chores is an array consisting of dictionaries in it.
So you can have array like this
arrChoresGlobal = [NSMutableArray new];
NSArray *arrChores = [dict valueForKey #"Chores"];
Then iterate this array and have a model.
like below
for(NSDictionary *dctChore in arrChores)
{
SomeModel *obj = [SomeModel new];
obj.first_due_date = [dctChore valueForKey:#"first_due_date"];
[arrChoresGlobal addObject:obj];
}
Then use this array count in numberOfRows in tableview
return [arrChoresGlobal count];
and in cellForRowAtIndexPath
SomeModel *obj = [arrChoresGlobal objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
Edit :- Longer but systematic way :)