Parse, iOS, includeKey query does not retrieve attribute of pointer object - ios

I'm quite new to working with Parse and I'm building a todo list as part of a CRM. Each task in the table view shows the description, due date, and client name. The description and due date are in my Task class, as well as a pointer to the Deal class. Client is a string in the Deal class. I'm able to query the description and due date properly, but I am not able to retrieve the client attribute from within the Deal object by using includeKey. I followed the Parse documentation for includeKey.
The description and due date show up properly in the resulting table view, but not the client. The log shows client label: nil and the printed task details include <Deal: 0x7ff033d1ed40, objectId: HffKOiJrTq>, but nothing about the client attribute. How can I retrieve and assign the pointer object's attribute (client) to my label within the table view? My relevant code is below. Thank you in advance.
Edit: I've updated my code with func fetchClients() based on this SO answer, but I'm still not sure whether my function is complete or where to call it.
class TasksVC: UITableViewController {
var taskObjects:NSMutableArray! = NSMutableArray()
override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
println("\(PFUser.currentUser())")
self.fetchAllObjects()
self.fetchClients()
}
func fetchAllObjects() {
var query:PFQuery = PFQuery(className: "Task")
query.whereKey("username", equalTo: PFUser.currentUser()!)
query.orderByAscending("dueDate")
query.addAscendingOrder("desc")
query.includeKey("deal")
query.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock { (tasks: [AnyObject]!, error:NSError!) -> Void in
if (error == nil) {
var temp:NSArray = tasks! as NSArray
self.taskObjects = temp.mutableCopy() as NSMutableArray
println(tasks)
self.tableView.reloadData()
} else {
println(error?.userInfo)
}
}
}
func fetchClients() {
var task:PFObject = PFObject(className: "Task")
var deal:PFObject = task["deal"] as PFObject
deal.fetchIfNeededInBackgroundWithBlock {
(deal: PFObject!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
let client = deal["client"] as NSString
}
}
//MARK: - Tasks table view
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return self.taskObjects.count
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("TaskCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as TaskCell
var dateFormatter:NSDateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "M/dd/yy"
var task:PFObject = self.taskObjects.objectAtIndex(indexPath.row) as PFObject
cell.desc_Lbl?.text = task["desc"] as? String
cell.date_Lbl.text = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(task["dueDate"] as NSDate)
cell.client_Lbl?.text = task["client"] as? String
var clientLabel = cell.client_Lbl?.text
println("client label: \(clientLabel)")
return cell
}
}

If the deal column is a pointer then includeKey("deal") will get that object and populate it's properties for you. There is no need to perform a fetch of any type on top of that.
You really should be using Optionals properly though:
if let deal = task["deal"] as? PFObject {
// deal column has data
if let client = deal["client"] as? String {
// client has data
cell.client_Lbl?.text = client
}
}
Alternatively you can replace the last if let with a line like this, which handles empty values and uses a default:
cell.client_Lbl?.text = (deal["client"] as? String) ?? ""
In your posted cellForRowAtIndexPath code you are trying to read client from the task instead of from the deal: task["client"] as? String.

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iOS Swift 5 Using Data from Cloud Database in View Controllers in TabBarController

The problem: I cannot get data downloaded into arrays in a singleton class to populate table views in two view controllers.
I am writing a bank book iOS app with a Parse backend. I have a login viewController and four other view controllers in a Tab Bar Controller. I have a singleton class that gets data from the Parse server and loads four arrays. I want that data to populate table views in two other view controllers. I want to make as few data calls as possible. The initial view controller is where user enters debits and credits. So my plan was to call GetData class from the viewDidLoad to populate tables in case user visits them without entering a debit or a credit.
When a debit or credit is entered, there is one function where after the debit or credit is saved to Parse server, the GetData class is called again to update the arrays in the GetData class.
The two view controllers access the arrays in the GetData class to fill the tables, and there is a tableView.reloadData() call in the viewDidAppear in each view controller when the view is accessed via the tab controller.
It works intermittently at best. sometimes I get five successful updates and then it keeps displaying old data, then it will suddenly display all the data.
Looking at my cloud DB, all the entries are there when made, and I have verified the viewWillAppear is firing in each view controller who accessed.
What I need is a reliable method to get the data to update in the other view controllers every. time. I will gladly scrap this app and rewrite if needed.
Here is the code of my singleton class:
class GetData {
static let sharedInstance = GetData()
var transactionArray = [String]()
var dateArray = [String]()
var toFromArray = [String]()
var isDebitArray = [String]()
func getdata() {
let query = PFQuery(className:"Transaction")
query.findObjectsInBackground { (objects, error) in
self.transactionArray.removeAll()
self.dateArray.removeAll()
self.toFromArray.removeAll()
self.isDebitArray.removeAll()
print("query fired")
if objects != nil {
for object in objects! {
if let amount = object.object(forKey: "amount") as? String {
if let date = object.object(forKey: "date") as? String {
if let toFrom = object.object(forKey: "toFrom") as? String {
if let isDebit = object.object(forKey: "isDebit") as? String {
self.transactionArray.append(amount)
self.dateArray.append(date)
self.toFromArray.append(toFrom)
self.isDebitArray.append(isDebit)
}
}
}
}
}
}
self.transactionArray.reverse()
self.dateArray.reverse()
self.toFromArray.reverse()
self.isDebitArray.reverse()
dump(self.toFromArray)
}
}
}
Here is a sample of one of the view controllers:
class RecordVC: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
#IBOutlet var recordTableView: UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
recordTableView.delegate = self
recordTableView.dataSource = self
recordTableView.reloadData()
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
recordTableView.reloadData()
print("recordVC viewWillAppear fired")
}
#IBAction func resetFoundButton(_ sender: Any) {
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = recordTableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "RecordCell", for: indexPath) as! RecordCell
cell.amountLabel?.text = "$\(GetData.sharedInstance.transactionArray[indexPath.row])"
cell.dateLabel?.text = "\(GetData.sharedInstance.dateArray[indexPath.row])"
cell.toFromLabel?.text = "\(GetData.sharedInstance.toFromArray[indexPath.row])"
let cellColor = backGroundColor(isDebit: GetData.sharedInstance.isDebitArray[indexPath.row])
cell.backgroundColor = cellColor
cell.backgroundColor = cellColor
return cell
}
func backGroundColor(isDebit:String) -> UIColor{
if isDebit == "false" {
return UIColor.green
} else {
return UIColor.blue
}
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return GetData.sharedInstance.transactionArray.count
}
}
Thank you
I would say that instead of reloading the tables by calling tableView.reloadData() in viewWillAppear() , after your query execution and data updates in GetData Class , then you should fire a notification or use a delegate to reloadData() in tableview.
Whats happening is that sometimes when the tableView.reloadData() gets called the Data in the singleton class (GetData class) has not yet updated.
func getdata() {
let query = PFQuery(className:"Transaction")
query.findObjectsInBackground { (objects, error) in
self.transactionArray.removeAll()
self.dateArray.removeAll()
self.toFromArray.removeAll()
self.isDebitArray.removeAll()
print("query fired")
if objects != nil {
for object in objects! {
if let amount = object.object(forKey: "amount") as? String {
if let date = object.object(forKey: "date") as? String {
if let toFrom = object.object(forKey: "toFrom") as? String {
if let isDebit = object.object(forKey: "isDebit") as? String {
self.transactionArray.append(amount)
self.dateArray.append(date)
self.toFromArray.append(toFrom)
self.isDebitArray.append(isDebit)
// Here you should fire up a notification to let the 2 ViewControllers know that data has to be reloaded.
}
}
}
}
}
}
self.transactionArray.reverse()
self.dateArray.reverse()
self.toFromArray.reverse()
self.isDebitArray.reverse()
dump(self.toFromArray)
}
}

How can I sort and show in correct section of a UITableview in swift using CoreData results

Attached at very bottom of this question is my inventory controller file. My problem is I'm getting duplicate results in all the sections. I narrowed down the reason to
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
My code in that function does not account for how many rows there are in each section. As such I'm just printing out the same duplicate results every section.
The actual question is listed after the images below...
Refer to images below:
I also have the ability to change the index from my settings menu so it can index by numbers, like 0-9. Refer to image below:
That said, I currently load the data from Core Data. Attached is reference image of the entities I use and there relationships.
The Question:
My question is, how can I get the results from coreData to be sorted into the A,B,C type sections or 1,2,3 sections so that navigating the table will be simple.
My hunch is the line that says let inventoryRecords = try moc.executeFetchRequest(inventoryFetchRequest) as? [Inventory] needs a sort descriptor to sort based on how I like, but how I then take the data and put into the correct array structure to split into the sections I need...I have no idea.
globals.swift
import Foundation
import CoreData
//Array of Inventory & Store Core Data Managed Objects
var g_inventoryItems = [Inventory]()
var g_storeList = [Store]()
var g_appSettings = [AppSettings]()
var g_demoMode = false
InventoryController.swift
import UIKit
import CoreData
class InventoryController: UIViewController, UISearchBarDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var searchBar: UISearchBar!
#IBOutlet weak var inventoryTable: UITableView!
var numberIndex = ["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"]
var letterIndex = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"]
var moc = (UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate).managedObjectContext //convinience variable to access managed object context
// Start DEMO Related Code
func createInventoryDummyData(number: Int) -> Inventory{
let tempInventory = NSEntityDescription.insertNewObjectForEntityForName("Inventory", inManagedObjectContext: moc) as! Inventory
tempInventory.name = "Test Item # \(number)"
tempInventory.barcode = "00000000\(number)"
tempInventory.currentCount = 0
tempInventory.id = number
tempInventory.imageLargePath = "http://website.tech//uploads/inventory/7d3fe5bfad38a3545e80c73c1453e380.png"
tempInventory.imageSmallPath = "http://website.tech//uploads/inventory/7d3fe5bfad38a3545e80c73c1453e380.png"
tempInventory.addCount = 0
tempInventory.negativeCount = 0
tempInventory.newCount = 0
tempInventory.store_id = 1 //belongs to same store for now
//Select a random store to belong to 0 through 2 since array starts at 0
let aRandomInt = Int.random(0...2)
tempInventory.setValue(g_storeList[aRandomInt], forKey: "store") //assigns inventory to one of the stores we created.
return tempInventory
}
func createStoreDummyData(number:Int) -> Store{
let tempStore = NSEntityDescription.insertNewObjectForEntityForName("Store", inManagedObjectContext: moc) as! Store
tempStore.address = "100\(number) lane, Miami, FL"
tempStore.email = "store\(number)#centraltire.com"
tempStore.id = number
tempStore.lat = 1.00000007
tempStore.lng = 1.00000008
tempStore.name = "Store #\(number)"
tempStore.phone = "123000000\(number)"
return tempStore
}
// End DEMO Related Code
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
print("InventoryController -> ViewDidLoad -> ... starting inits")
//First check to see if we have entities already. There MUST be entities, even if its DEMO data.
let inventoryFetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "Inventory")
let storeFetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "Store")
do {
let storeRecords = try moc.executeFetchRequest(storeFetchRequest) as? [Store]
if(storeRecords!.count<=0){
g_demoMode = true
print("No store entities found. Demo mode = True. Creating default store entities...")
var store : Store //define variable as Store type
for index in 1...3 {
store = createStoreDummyData(index)
g_storeList.append(store)
}
}
let inventoryRecords = try moc.executeFetchRequest(inventoryFetchRequest) as? [Inventory]
if(inventoryRecords!.count<=0){
g_demoMode = true
print("No entities found for inventory. Demo mode = True. Creating default entities...")
var entity : Inventory //define variable as Inventory type
for index in 1...20 {
entity = createInventoryDummyData(index)
g_inventoryItems.append(entity)
}
print("finished creating entities")
}
}catch{
fatalError("bad things happened \(error)")
}
print("InventoryController -> viewDidload -> ... finished inits!")
}
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
print("view appearing")
//When the view appears its important that the table is updated.
//Look at the selected Store & Use the LIST of Inventory Under it.
inventoryTable.reloadData()//this is important to update correctly for changes that might have been made
}
// MARK: - Navigation
// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
// Get the new view controller using segue.destinationViewController.
// Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
print("inventoryItemControllerPrepareForSegueCalled")
if segue.identifier == "inventoryInfoSegue" {
let vc = segue.destinationViewController as! InventoryItemController
if let cell = sender as? InventoryTableViewCell{
vc.inventoryItem = cell.inventoryItem! //sets the inventory item accordingly, passing its reference along.
}else{
print("sender was something else")
}
}
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, sectionForSectionIndexTitle title: String, atIndex index: Int) -> Int {
//This scrolls to correct section based on title of what was pressed.
return letterIndex.indexOf(title)!
}
func sectionIndexTitlesForTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> [String]? {
//Use correct index on the side based on settings desired.
if(g_appSettings[0].indextype=="letter"){
return letterIndex
}else{
return numberIndex
}
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
//TODO: Need to figure out how many rows for ...column A,B,C or 1,2,3 based on indexType using~
//To do this we need to organize the inventory results into a section'ed array.
if(g_appSettings[0].selectedStore != nil){
return (g_appSettings[0].selectedStore?.inventories!.count)! //number of rows is equal to the selected stores inventories count
}else{
return g_inventoryItems.count
}
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("InventoryTableCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! InventoryTableViewCell
if(g_appSettings[0].selectedStore != nil){
//Get the current Inventory Item & Set to the cell for reference.
cell.inventoryItem = g_appSettings[0].selectedStore?.inventories?.allObjects[indexPath.row] as! Inventory
}else{
//This only happens for DEMO mode or first time.
cell.inventoryItem = g_inventoryItems[indexPath.row]//create reference to particular inventoryItem this represents.
}
cell.drawCell() //uses passed inventoryItem to draw it's self accordingly.
return cell
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
if(g_appSettings[0].indextype == "letter"){
return letterIndex[section]
}else{
return numberIndex[section]
}
}
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
if(g_appSettings[0].selectedStore != nil){
if(g_appSettings[0].indextype=="letter"){
return letterIndex.count
}else{
return numberIndex.count
}
}else{
return 1//only one section for DEMO mode.
}
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
//dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
//[unowned self] in
print("didSelectRowAtIndexPath")//does not recognize first time pressed item for some reason?
let selectedCell = self.tableView(tableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath: indexPath) as? InventoryTableViewCell
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("inventoryInfoSegue", sender: selectedCell)
//}
}
#IBAction func BarcodeScanBarItemAction(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
print("test of baritem")
}
#IBAction func SetStoreBarItemAction(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
print("change store interface")
}
func searchBar(searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {
print("text is changing")
}
func searchBarCancelButtonClicked(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
print("ended by cancel")
searchBar.text = ""
searchBar.resignFirstResponder()
}
func searchBarSearchButtonClicked(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
print("ended by search")
searchBar.resignFirstResponder()
}
func searchBarTextDidEndEditing(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
print("ended by end editing")
searchBar.resignFirstResponder()
}
#IBAction func unwindBackToInventory(segue: UIStoryboardSegue) {
print("unwind attempt")
let barcode = (segue.sourceViewController as? ScannerViewController)?.barcode
searchBar.text = barcode!
print("barcode="+barcode!)
inventoryTable.reloadData()//reload the data to be safe.
}
}
//Extention to INT to create random number in range.
extension Int
{
static func random(range: Range<Int> ) -> Int
{
var offset = 0
if range.startIndex < 0 // allow negative ranges
{
offset = abs(range.startIndex)
}
let mini = UInt32(range.startIndex + offset)
let maxi = UInt32(range.endIndex + offset)
return Int(mini + arc4random_uniform(maxi - mini)) - offset
}
}
Update:: **
So I was looking around and found this article (I implemented it).
https://www.andrewcbancroft.com/2015/03/05/displaying-data-with-nsfetchedresultscontroller-and-swift/
I'm really close now to figuring it out. Only problem is I can get it to auto create the sections, but only on another field, like for example store.name, I can't get it to section it into A,B,C sections or 1,2,3.
This is my code for the fetchedResultsController using the methods described in that article.
//Create fetchedResultsController to handle Inventory Core Data Operations
lazy var fetchedResultsController: NSFetchedResultsController = {
let inventoryFetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "Inventory")
let primarySortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "name", ascending: true)
let secondarySortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "barcode", ascending: true)
inventoryFetchRequest.sortDescriptors = [primarySortDescriptor, secondarySortDescriptor]
let frc = NSFetchedResultsController(
fetchRequest: inventoryFetchRequest,
managedObjectContext: self.moc,
sectionNameKeyPath: "store.name",
cacheName: nil)
frc.delegate = self
return frc
}()
Question is what to put for sectionNameKeyPath: now that will make it section it on A B C and I got this !
Found a stackoverflow post very similar to my issue, but need swift answer.
A-Z Index from NSFetchedResultsController with individual section headers within each letter?
Here is another similar article but all objective-c answers.
NSFetchedResultsController with sections created by first letter of a string
Update::
Found another article I think with my exact issue (How to have a A-Z index with a NSFetchedResultsController)
Ok I figured it out, phew was this confusing and took a lot of research.
Okay, so first thing you have to do is create a transient property on the data model. In my case I called it lettersection. To do this in the entity just create a new attribute and call it lettersection and in graph mode if you select it (double click it), you will see option in inspector for 'transient'. This means it won't be saved to the database and is used more for internal reasons.
You then need to manually set up the variable in the extension area of the model definition. Here is how it looks for me.
import Foundation
import CoreData
extension Inventory {
#NSManaged var addCount: NSNumber?
#NSManaged var barcode: String?
#NSManaged var currentCount: NSNumber?
#NSManaged var id: NSNumber?
#NSManaged var imageLargePath: String?
#NSManaged var imageSmallPath: String?
#NSManaged var name: String?
#NSManaged var negativeCount: NSNumber?
#NSManaged var newCount: NSNumber?
#NSManaged var store_id: NSNumber?
#NSManaged var store: Store?
var lettersection: String? {
let characters = name!.characters.map { String($0) }
return characters[0].uppercaseString
}
}
Once you do this, you simply call this new 'lettersection' with the fetchedResultsController like so...
let frc = NSFetchedResultsController(
fetchRequest: inventoryFetchRequest,
managedObjectContext: self.moc,
sectionNameKeyPath: "lettersection",
cacheName: nil)
and everything will work! It sorts by the name of my inventory items, but groups them by the first letters, for a nice A,B,C type list!
"My question is, how can I get the results from coreData to be sorted into the A,B,C type sections or 1,2,3 sections so that navigating the table will be simple."
Using "Store" as your entity and property "name" to be what you want to sort the records by.
override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad()
let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
let entity = NSEntityDescription.entityForName("Store", inManagedObjectContext: managedObjectContext)
fetchRequest.entity = entity
let sortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "name", ascending: true)
fetchRequest.sortDescriptors = [sortDescriptor]
do {
let foundObjects = try managedObjectContext.executeFetchRequest(fetchRequest)
locations = foundObjects as! [Location]
} catch {
fatalCoreDataError(error) }
}
You are going to use this function to set the number of sections:
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return letterindex.count // if that is how you want to construct sections
}
I learned this from the Ray Wenderlich e-book "iOS Apprentice". From Lesson 3 - MyLocations. Highly recommend this and their e-book book on CoreData.

Using PFQuery inside cellForRowAtIndexPath

I was thinking about PFQuery.
I'm developing an App that shows a Feed to the Users and it also displays a Like counter for each Post (like a Facebook App or Instagram App).
So in my PFQueryTableViewController I have my main query, that basically show all the Posts:
override func queryForTable() -> PFQuery {
let query = PFQuery(className: "Noticias")
query.orderByDescending("createdAt")
return query
}
And I use another query to count the number of Likes on another Class in Parse that contais all the Likes.
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath, object: PFObject?) -> PFTableViewCell? {
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("FeedCellIdentifier") as! FeedCell!
if cell == nil {
cell = FeedCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Default, reuseIdentifier: "FeedCellIdentifier")
}
let query2 = PFQuery(className:"commentsTable")
query2.whereKey("newsColumn", equalTo: object!)
query2.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock {
(objectus: [PFObject]?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
if error == nil {
let quantidade = objectus!.count
let commentQuantidade = String(quantidade)
cell.comentariosLabel.text = commentQuantidade
} else {
// Log details of the failure
print("Error: \(error!) \(error!.userInfo)")
}
}
This way to code works, and I achieve what I want, but! I know that I'm reusing cells, I know that this block of code is called everytime a cell appear.
And I know those facts:
A lot of query requests is sent to Parse Cloud, everytime I scroll the tableview
It's possible to see the values changing, when I'm scrolling the tableview, for example, because I'm reusing the cells a post has a value of my previous cell and then with the new query it's refreshed, this works but not look good for user experience.
So, my main doubt is, is it the right way to code? I think not, and I just want another point of view or an idea.
Thanks.
EDIT 1
As I said I've updated my count method to countObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock instead of findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock but I'm not able to move the query to the ViewDidLoad, because I use the object to check exactly how many comments each Post have.
EDIT 2
I've embed the query to count the number of comments for each post and printing the results, now I'm think my code is better than the previous version, but I'm not able to pass the result to a label because I'm receiving a error:
Use of unresolved identifier 'commentCount'
I'm reading some documentations about Struct
Follows my updated code bellow:
import UIKit
import Social
class Functions: PFQueryTableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
override func shouldAutorotate() -> Bool {
return false
}
var passaValor = Int()
let swiftColor = UIColor(red: 13, green: 153, blue: 252)
struct PostObject{
let post : PFObject
let commentCount : Int
}
var posts : [PostObject] = []
// Initialise the PFQueryTable tableview
override init(style: UITableViewStyle, className: String!) {
super.init(style: style, className: className)
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
// The className to query on
self.parseClassName = "Noticias"
// The key of the PFObject to display in the label of the default cell style
self.textKey = "text"
// Uncomment the following line to specify the key of a PFFile on the PFObject to display in the imageView of the default cell style
self.imageKey = "image"
// Whether the built-in pull-to-refresh is enabled
self.pullToRefreshEnabled = true
// Whether the built-in pagination is enabled
self.paginationEnabled = true
// The number of objects to show per page
self.objectsPerPage = 25
}
// Define the query that will provide the data for the table view
override func queryForTable() -> PFQuery {
let query = super.queryForTable()
return query
}
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(true)
loadObjects()
}
// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// navigationBarItems()
let query = PFQuery(className:"Noticias")
query.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock {
(objects: [PFObject]?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
// The find succeeded.
print("Successfully retrieved \(objects!.count) scores.")
// Do something with the found objects
if let objects = objects {
for object in objects {
let queryCount = PFQuery(className:"commentsTable")
queryCount.whereKey("newsColumn", equalTo: object)
queryCount.countObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock {
(contagem: Int32, error: NSError?) -> Void in
let post = PostObject(object, commentCount:commentCount)
posts.append(post)
print("Post \(object.objectId!) has \(contagem) comments")
}
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
}
//Self Sizing Cells
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 350.0
tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
}
// Define the query that will provide the data for the table view
//override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath, object: PFObject?) -> PFTableViewCell? {
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("FeedCellIdentifier") as! FeedCell!
if cell == nil {
cell = FeedCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Default, reuseIdentifier: "FeedCellIdentifier")
}
cell?.parseObject = object
if let assuntoNoticia = object?["assunto"] as? String {
cell?.assuntoNoticia?.text = assuntoNoticia
}
if let pontos = object?["pontos"] as? Int {
let pontosPosts = String(pontos)
cell?.pontosLabel?.text = String(pontosPosts)
}
if let zonaLabel = object?["zona"] as? String {
cell?.zonaLabel?.text = zonaLabel
}
if let criticidade = object?["criticidade"] as? String {
if criticidade == "Problema"{
cell.criticidadeNoticia.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
} else {
cell.criticidadeNoticia.backgroundColor = UIColor.greenColor()
}
}
return cell
}
}
And the result of print:
Successfully retrieved 5 scores.
Post wSCsTv8OnH has 4 comments
Post LbwBfjWPod has 0 comments
Post fN4ISVwqpz has 0 comments
Post 1rXdQr2A1F has 1 comments
Post eXogPeTfNu has 0 comments
Better practice would be to query all data on view load saving it into model and then read data from it on table view scroll. When processing query you can show downloading indicator or placeholder data. When query is complete you'll call tableView.reloadData()
You can accomplish this by creating a new variable like this:
var cellModels : [PFObject] = []
In your query2.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock:
for object in objectus{
self.cellModels.append(object)
}
self.tableView.reloadData()
And in cellForRowAtIndexPath:
let model = cellModels[indexPath.row]
// configure cell according to model
// something like cell.textLabel.text = model.text
P.S You should take a look at method countObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock if you only need to get count of objects. Because if there're a lot of e.g comments findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock will return maximum of 1000 objects and still you won't be downloading whole objects, only one number this will speed up query and spare user's cellular plan.
Update: Also if you need to store numbers of comments you can create simple struct like this:
struct PostObject{
let post : PFObject
let commentCount : Int
}
var posts : [PostObject] = []
And when you query for you posts you loop through received objects and populate posts array.
for object in objects{
// create countObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock query to get comments count for object
// and in result block create
let post = PostObject(object, commentCount:commentCount)
posts.append(post)
}
tableView.reloadData()
And in cellForRowAtIndexPath:
let post = posts[indexPath.row]
cell.postCountLabel.text = String(post.commentCount)
// configure cell accordingly
You should do your queries before you present the information in your tableview.

Why are the same comments showing for different user posts? (iOS, Swift, Parse)

Working on a social iPhone app using Swift (with a Storyboard) and Parse where users can create posts and comment on posts similar to the Facebook iOS app and other social network apps.
The app has an initial, master Home Feed page (which displays user posts) and a detail Reply page (which is supposed to display the comments for a particular post that was selected but is showing the same replies for different posts). Both use the PFTableViewController class and each have their own PFTableViewCell implemented in separate swift files as the prototype cells.
When a user taps on ANY post cell in the Home Feed page, it navigates to the Reply page but shows all existing comments (as well as every new comment) for the post. I am trying to have only the comments for a specific post show when the user selects a particular post from the Home Feed page.
Any idea why this is happening? I greatly appreciate your time and help!
Home Feed page:
class HomeTableVC: PFQueryTableViewController,CLLocationManagerDelegate {
var posts: NSMutableArray! = NSMutableArray()
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView?, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return posts.count
}
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("showReplyViewController", sender: self)
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView?, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath?, object: PFObject!) -> PFTableViewCell? {
let cell = tableView!.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("PostCell", forIndexPath: indexPath!) as! PostTableCell
if let userPost : PFObject = self.posts.objectAtIndex(indexPath!.row) as! PFObject {
cell.name.text = object["userName"] as? String
cell.message.text = object["postMessage"] as? String
let dateUpdated = object.createdAt! as NSDate
let dateFormat = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormat.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
cell.dateTime.text = NSString(format: "%#", dateFormat.stringFromDate(dateUpdated)) as String
cell.message.numberOfLines = 0
cell.message.text = userPost.objectForKey("postMessage") as? String
}
return cell
}
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
if (segue.identifier == "showReplyViewController") {
let indexPath = self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow
let postObject = self.objects![indexPath!.row] as! PFObject
//postObject (on LHS) is the PFObject declared in ResponseViewController
if let destinationVC = segue.destinationViewController as? ReplyTableViewController {
destinationVC.postObject = postObject
}
}
}
}
Reply page:
class ReplyTableViewController: PFQueryTableViewController {
var postObject: PFObject?
var replies: NSMutableArray! = NSMutableArray()
override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
replies = NSMutableArray()
var replyQuery = PFQuery(className: "Reply")
replyQuery.addAscendingOrder("createdAt")
replyQuery.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock {
(objects: [AnyObject]?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
if error == nil {
for object in objects! {
let reply: PFObject = object as! PFObject
self.replies.addObject(reply)
}
let repliesArray: NSArray = self.replies.reverseObjectEnumerator().allObjects
self.replies = NSMutableArray(array: repliesArray)
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
}
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView?, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return replies.count
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView?, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath?, object: PFObject!) -> PFTableViewCell? {
let cell = tableView!.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("replyCell", forIndexPath: indexPath!) as! ReplyTableViewCell
let replyObject: PFObject = self.replies.objectAtIndex(indexPath!.row) as! PFObject
cell.replyMessageLabel.text = replyObject.objectForKey("replyMessage") as? String
var queryUser: PFQuery = PFUser.query()!
queryUser.whereKey("objectId", equalTo: (replyObject.objectForKey("replyUser")?.objectId)!)
queryUser.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock {
(objects: [AnyObject]?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
if error == nil {
let user: PFUser = (objects! as NSArray).lastObject as! PFUser
cell.replyAuthorLabel.text = user.username
}
}
return cell
}
}
In your segue you need to tell the destination ViewController which post to show replies for.
Add this to the bottom of your segue (exactly where your comment is):
if let destinationVC = segue.destinationViewController as? ReplyTableViewController{
destinationVC.postObject = postObject
}
And in ReplyTableViewController you need a postObject variable so that the code in the segue works. At the top of your ReplyTableViewController put:
var postObject = PFObject()
It looks like the postObject should be used somewhere in your PFQuery() to filter the replies, but I am not familiar with it.
I found a solution to my own problem!
I have updated the Reply page to use UITableViewController instead of PFTableViewController and updated the storyboard correspondingly (I made the necessary changes in the code and in the Storyboard to comply with the constraints of UITableViewController, etc).
I implemented a PFQuery with the appropriate constraints to fetch all the replies for a given post (only) by writing something similar to the following:
query.whereKey("parent", equalTo: aPost)
// Finds objects *asynchronously* and call the given block with the results.
query.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock {
(objects: [AnyObject]?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
// if there is no error, for each object in `objects`,
// assign the given object to a PFObject
// add the object to an array that will store all of the applicable replies for the post
// ...
}

PFObject not being casted into Subclass

*subclasses are registered in my app delegate
Users can create classroom objects. The problem is when a new classroom object is created, a following query will read the newest classroom as a PFObject. This will crash the program.
Previously made classrooms will be correctly read.
Also - when I close the app and restart it, the newest classroom is properly read as a classroom. How can I cast the newly created classroom into the right subclass?
The error received is:
fatal error: NSArray element failed to match the Swift Array Element type
Thanks!
Class code for classroom object:
class Classroom: PFObject, PFSubclassing{
var professorLastName: String?
var classTitle: String?
var toSchool: School?
var subjectLevel: String?
var subject: String?
var enrolledUsers: [PFUser]?
//THIS IS FOR CREATING A NEW CLASS
func enrollClass(){
let classroom = PFObject(className: "Classroom")
classroom["subject"] = self.subject
...
classroom.saveInBackgroundWithBlock { (success: Bool, error: NSError?) -> Void in
print("added student to class.")
}
}
//start protocol code for PFSubclass
static func parseClassName() -> String {
return "Classroom"
}
override class func initialize() {
var onceToken : dispatch_once_t = 0;
dispatch_once(&onceToken) {
self.registerSubclass()
}
}
//end
This is the QUERY that pulls classrooms from Parse database and puts it into table view row cells:
QUERY:
let query = PFQuery(className: "_User")
query.includeKey("enrolledClasses")
query.getObjectInBackgroundWithId(PFUser.currentUser()!.objectId!) {(result:PFObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
let userEnrolledClasses = result!["enrolledClasses"] as! [Classroom]
completionBlock(userEnrolledClasses)
Insertion into row cell:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("enrolledClassCell") as! EnrolledClassesTableViewCell
//THE CODE CRASHES HERE!!!!
let classroom = timelineComponent.content[indexPath.row] as? Classroom
//NSARRAY FAILED TO MATCH ARRAY TYPE -> It's still PFObject
classroom?.setClass()
cell.enrolledOption.text = classroom?.classTitle
return cell
}
Readout:
AppDelegate:
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
Classroom.registerSubclass()
School.registerSubclass()
Post.registerSubclass()
PostPoints.registerSubclass()
ReplyPost.registerSubclass()
ReplyPostPoints.registerSubclass()
SubjectList.registerSubclass()
Parse.enableLocalDatastore()
**New code as per Daniel's fix...
So the objects are being read as classroom but now the attempt to pull data out of classroom objects is not work. So I want to set a label to be the classroom.classTitle for a table row, but the data is always nil...
//TIMELINE IMPLEMENTATION
func loadInRange(range: Range<Int>, completionBlock: ([Classroom]?) -> Void) {
Classroom.registerSubclass()
let query = PFQuery(className: "_User")
query.includeKey("enrolledClasses")
query.getObjectInBackgroundWithId(PFUser.currentUser()!.objectId!) {(result:PFObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
let rawPFObject = result!["enrolledClasses"] as! [PFObject]
var classroomArray: [Classroom] = []
for rawClassroom in rawPFObject{
let convertedClassroom = Classroom()
convertedClassroom.classTitle = rawClassroom["classTitle"] as? String
convertedClassroom.subject = rawClassroom["subject"] as? String
convertedClassroom.professorLastName = rawClassroom["professorLastName"] as? String
convertedClassroom.subjectLevel = rawClassroom["classTitle"] as? String
classroomArray.append(convertedClassroom)
}
completionBlock(classroomArray)
}
}
LABEL ASSIGNMENT:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("enrolledClassCell") as! EnrolledClassesTableViewCell
//the tableViewCell post is equal to the post[arrayNumber]
let classroom = timelineComponent.content[indexPath.row] as? Classroom
//CLASSROOM VALUES ARE ALL NIL HERE
classroom?.setClass()
cell.enrolledOption.text = classroom?.classTitle
return cell
}
Console readout:
Maybe it has to do with objectId being "new"?
Readout of timelineComponent.content
The problem you're having is that casting to an array of Classroom is not working correctly in your query. This may be a shortcoming of Parse object subclasses.
A workaround is to create a temporary array that will be passed to completionBlock.
In this temporary array will be added Classroom objects that are explicitly created as a Parse subclass.
In your Classroom class, add:
func loadFromObject(object: PFObject) {
// Setup a Classroom object from a PFObject.
self.subject = object["subject"]
...
}
In your query, replace these lines
let userEnrolledClasses = result!["enrolledClasses"] as! [Classroom]
completionBlock(userEnrolledClasses)
with
var classroomArray = Array<Classroom>()
for class in result!["enrolledClasses"] {
let newClass = Classroom().loadFromObject(class)
classroomArray.append(newClass)
}
completionBlock(classroomArray)

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