Cannot display array on view load - ios

I am trying to display the contents of an array by calling a method in a different class that loops through the array and appends a string. However it is not displaying anything when i segue to that view. I have added breakpoints to check if there is anything in the array and the data is definitely being stored inside.
Is there a reason why this is happening?
Portrait class where i want all the array contents to be displayed
portrait.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "Brain.h"
#interface PortraitTape : UIViewController
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextView *equationView;
#property (nonatomic,strong) Brain *brain;
#end
portrait.m
#import "PortraitTape.h"
#interface PortraitTape ()
#end
#implementation PortraitTape
#synthesize brain = _brain;
#synthesize equationView;
- (Brain *) brain{
if (!_brain)_brain =[[Brain alloc]init];
return _brain;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
NSString *tape;
tape = [self.brain gettape];
equationView.text = tape;
}
Brain.m class method that hashe array and data is being inserted into. This method is called in the portrait class.
-(NSString*) gettape {
NSMutableString *tape = [[NSMutableString alloc]init];
for(NSString * myStr in _equation) {
//tape = myStr;
[tape appendFormat:#"\n%#",myStr];
}
return tape;
}

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I need to pass a string from a NSObject class to a UIViewController, I understand that the best way is delegation but the delegate method isn't being called. I'm trying to set the UILabel an DieFacesViewController as the selectedOption from TemporarySelection.
A tableview shows the value of CustomOptionStore, once it's tapped passes its value to TemporarySelection and opens the modal view DieFacesViewCountroller which should, at least in my mind, take the label value from TemporarySelection. The reason I created TemporarySelection is because the DieFacesViewController will be used by other classes, not only by CustomOptionStore, and it will need to load the label from all those classes when different tableViews are selected.
I tried to set the delegate as self in both viewDidLoad and viewWillAppear with no luck, I don't understand if the view loads before being able to call the delegate method or if there's something wrong the way I set the method up.
I've been stuck here for two days, this is the first time I post a question so please forgive me if it's a bit confused.
my delegator class TemporarySelection.h is
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "CustomOptionsStore.h"
#class DieFacesViewController;
#protocol TemporarySelectionDelegate <NSObject>
-(void)sendSelection;
#end
#interface TemporarySelection : NSObject
#property (nonatomic, weak) id <TemporarySelectionDelegate> delegate;
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *selectedOption;
-(void)addSelection: (CustomOptionsStore *) selection;
#end
and my TemporarySelection.m is
#import "TemporarySelection.h"
#implementation TemporarySelection
-(void)addSelection: (CustomOptionsStore *) selection{
self.selectedOption = selection.description;
[self.delegate sendSelection];
}
#end
the delegate class DiewFacesViewController.h is
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "SelectedStore.h"
#import "TemporarySelection.h"
#interface DieFacesViewController : UIViewController <TemporarySelectionDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *SelectionName;
#end
and the DieFacesViewController.m is
#import "DieFacesViewController.h"
#interface DieFacesViewController ()
#end
#implementation DieFacesViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
TemporarySelection *ts = [[TemporarySelection alloc]init];
ts.delegate = self;
[super viewDidLoad];
}
-(void)sendSelection{
TemporarySelection *ts = [[TemporarySelection alloc]init];
self.SelectionName.text = ts.selectedOption;
}
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:YES];
}
You are not setting the delegate object properly.Check the above code
#import "DieFacesViewController.h"
#interface DieFacesViewController ()<TemporarySelectionDelegate>
{
//global object
TemporarySelection *ts;
}
#end
#implementation DieFacesViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
ts = [[TemporarySelection alloc]init];
ts.delegate = self;
[super viewDidLoad];
}
-(void)sendSelection{
//Use the object to extract
self.SelectionName.text = ts.selectedOption;
}
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:YES];
}

How do i add multiple objects to NSMutableArray and how do i retrieve my objects properties?

Super basic questions, which i'm having problems with.
How do i add multiple objects to my NSMutableArray? (Now i only add one with self.itemsArray[0] = iPhoneItem; )
How do i retrieve for the first objects property (itemName)?
I have a calss: Item - which looks like follows.
Item.h
#interface Item : UITableViewController
#property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *itemTitle;
- (id)initWithItemTitle:(NSString *)aTitle;
#end
Item.m
#interface Item ()
#end
#implementation Item
- (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)aTitle {
self = [super init];
if (self) {
self.itemTitle = aTitle;
}
return self;
}
#end
And now i just want to create a few objects, add them in to an NSMutableArray and retrieve the itemTitle property.
ViewController.m - (.h has no additional changes from standard "create singel view application"
#import "ViewController.h"
#import "Item.h"
#interface ViewController ()
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *itemsArray;
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
Item *iPhoneItem = [[Item alloc] initWithItemTitle:#"iPhone"];
Item *iPadItem = [[Item alloc] initWithItemTitle:#"iPad"];
Item *macBookPro = [[Item alloc] initWithItemTitle:#"MacBookPro"];
self.itemsArray[0] = iPhoneItem;
NSLog(#"%#", self.itemsArray[0].itemTitle); //How would i do this?
}
#end
Best regards, iOS-rookie.
You can simply check iOS reference, no need to ask questions: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSMutableArray_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSMutableArray/addObjectsFromArray:
Anyway, here is an example:
[itemsArray addObjectsFromArray: #[obj1, obj2]]; //adding multiple objects
((Item *)[itemsArray firstObject]).itemTitle //get title of your object
It is bad practice to access properties for an object in an array directly like :
self.itemsArray[0].itemTitle
It is cleaner to:
Item iPhoneItem = (Item)[itemsArray objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(#"%#", iPhoneItem.itemTitle);
Also keep in mind that you can use [itemsArray firstObject]; and [itemsArray lastObject];

UITableView with an array of objects

Im developing an iOs application and i have an array of objects each object has a name, id, amd describtion. i want to display the name in the table view cell and the description in the detailview controller.
I know there are plenty of tutorial it wouldnt work for my case i think.
Where should implement the array in which class the view controller or the class model or the array class model.
May be you can start to hard init your array of objects in your tableViewController viewDidLoad.
#import "TableViewController.h"
#interface TableViewController ()
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *myData;
#end
#implementation TableViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.myData = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
YourObectClass *myObject;
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
myObject = [[YourObectClass alloc] init];
myObject.name = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Object:%d",i];
[self.myData addObject:myObject];
]
//here you are... now use self.myData as your data source...
}
....
#end

Not able to access NSMutableArray from another class

I've read through many posts here but I can't seem to make my array available in another class.
I want to access the array plusTransactions in CPPHistoryViewController (a table controller, in a container as a child of CPPSecondViewController) from class CPPSecondViewController.
CPPSecondViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface CPPSecondViewController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate>
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIWebView *webView;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UISegmentedControl *segmentedController;
#property (weak, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *plustransactions;
#property (weak, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *campustransactions;
#property (weak, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *mealtransactions;
#end
CPPSecondViewController.m
#import "CPPSecondViewController.h"
#interface CPPSecondViewController ()
#implementation CPPSecondViewController
#end
#synthesize plustransactions = _plustransactions;
#synthesize campustransactions = _campustransactions;
#synthesize mealtransactions = _mealtransactions;
...
_plustransactions = newPlustransactions;
NSLog(#"%#", newPlustransactions);
NSLog(#"%#%lu", #"That's how many: ", (unsigned long)_plustransactions.count);
CPPHistoryViewController *historyView = [[CPPHistoryViewController alloc]init];
[historyView.tableView reloadData];
This is good, returns all of my array items and count is 7.
CPPHistoryViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface CPPHistoryViewController : UITableViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
#end
CPPHistoryViewController.m
#import "CPPHistoryViewController.h"
#import "CPPSecondViewController.h"
#import "CPPPlusTransaction.h"
#import "CPPCampusTransaction.h"
#import "CPPMealTransaction.h"
#import "CPPHistoryCell.h"
#interface CPPHistoryViewController ()
#end
#implementation CPPHistoryViewController
...
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
CPPSecondViewController *secondView = [[CPPSecondViewController alloc] init];
NSMutableArray *plusTransactions = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
plusTransactions = secondView.plustransactions;
NSMutableArray *campusTransactions = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
campusTransactions = secondView.campustransactions;
NSMutableArray *mealTransactions = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
mealTransactions = secondView.mealtransactions;
NSLog(#"Table formatting called");
NSLog(#"%ld", (long)secondView.segmentedController.selectedSegmentIndex);
switch (secondView.segmentedController.selectedSegmentIndex) {
case 0:
NSLog(#"%#%lu", #"PlusTransactions", (unsigned long)plusTransactions.count);
return plusTransactions.count;
break;
case 1:
NSLog(#"%#%lu", #"CampusTransactions", (unsigned long)campusTransactions.count);
return campusTransactions.count;
break;
case 2:
NSLog(#"%#%lu", #"MealTransactions", (unsigned long)mealTransactions.count);
return mealTransactions.count;
break;
}
return 1;
}
...
#end
Here's where things get weird. Any array I call from here returns with a count of 0. Any ideas?
I assume what you want is to get the array data stored in CPPSecondViewController to be availalbe in CPPHistoryViewController. But as per the code you posted,
CPPHistoryViewController *historyView = [[CPPHistoryViewController alloc]init];
[historyView.tableView reloadData];
This just create new instance and the tableView inside the view is reloaded. But in cellForRowAtIndexPath, you are creating new instance of CPPSecondViewController, thats wrong.
What you can do is, simply pass the CPPSecondViewController instance before reloading tableView.
In CPPHistoryViewController.h, create a property for keeping secondView like this
#property (strong, nonatomic) CPPSecondViewController *secondView;
then, change your code in CPPSecondViewController like below:
CPPHistoryViewController *historyView = [[CPPHistoryViewController alloc]init];
historyView.secondView = self;
[historyView.tableView reloadData];
Also, remove alloc init statements from cellForRowAtIndexPath, just use secondView.plustransactions here.
Hope this helps!
CPPSecondViewController *secondView = [[CPPSecondViewController alloc] init];
Here you are creating a new object, So all values are nill.
Here you can only set values in to second view controller.
in your History class, you nedd to create a property of a second class they you can set value in to Second class
#property (nonatomic, retain) Secondclass* secondclass;
[secondClass setAry: ary];
CPPSecondViewController *secondView = [[CPPSecondViewController alloc] init];
in this code, the view controller is just init, the properties is all nil, it's a new view controller instance.
setup properties in init method, or access the second view's view property, to load view, to trigger the property initialize.
if you want reference the second view controller from history view controller, you can add a property in history view controller refer to second view controller.
in CPPHistoryViewController.h
#property (weak, nonatomic) CPPSecondViewController *secondViewController;
and set this property in your show code.
in CPPSecondViewController.m
_plustransactions = newPlustransactions;
NSLog(#"%#", newPlustransactions);
NSLog(#"%#%lu", #"That's how many: ", (unsigned long)_plustransactions.count);
CPPHistoryViewController *historyView = [[CPPHistoryViewController alloc]init];
historyView.secondViewController = self;
[historyView.tableView reloadData];

Issue passing object to NSMutableArray in AppDelegate

I'm having trouble making a shopping cart sort-of concept in my app. I have my AppDelegate (named ST2AppDelegate) that contains an NSMutableArray called myCart. I want RecipeViewController.m to pass an NSString object to myCart, but every time I pass it the NSString and use NSLog to reveal the contents of the array, it is always empty.
Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong? I have worked on this code for days, and there is a line of code in which I don't understand at all what's going on (in the RecipeViewController.m, labeled as such).
Any help would be so appreciated... I'm just a beginner. Here are the relevant classes:
ST2AppDelegate.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface ST2AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray* myCart;
- (void)addToCart:(NSString*)item;
- (void)readCartContents;
#end
ST2AppDelegate.m:
#import "ST2AppDelegate.h"
#implementation ST2AppDelegate
#synthesize myCart;
// all the 'applicationDid...' methods...
- (void)addToCart:(NSString *)item
{
[self.myCart addObject:item];
}
- (void)readCartContents
{
NSLog(#"Contents of cart: ");
int count = [myCart count];
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
NSLog(#"%#", myCart[count]);
}
}
#end
RecipeDetailViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "ST2AppDelegate.h"
#interface RecipeDetailViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel* recipeLabel;
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSString* recipeName;
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UIButton* orderNowButton;
- (IBAction)orderNowButtonPress:(id)sender;
#end
RecipeDetailViewController.m:
#import "RecipeDetailViewController.h"
#implementation RecipeDetailViewController
#synthesize recipeName;
#synthesize orderNowButton;
// irrelevant methods...
- (IBAction)orderNowButtonPress:(id)sender
{
// alter selected state
[orderNowButton setSelected:YES];
NSString* addedToCartString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# added to cart!",recipeName];
[orderNowButton setTitle:addedToCartString forState:UIControlStateSelected];
// show an alert
NSString* addedToCartAlertMessage = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# has been added to your cart.", recipeName];
UIAlertView* addedToCartAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Cart Updated" message:addedToCartAlertMessage delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
[addedToCartAlert show];
// add to cart (I don't understand this, but it works)
[((ST2AppDelegate*)[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate) addToCart:recipeName];
// read cart contents
[((ST2AppDelegate*)[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate) readCartContents];
}
#end
You need to initialize myCart when your application launches:
self.myCart = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
otherwise you are just attempting to add objects to a nil object which while it won't throw an exception because of the way objective-c handles nil objects it will not function as expected until you initialize it.
Do you ever initalize the shopping cart variable?
Try doing lazy instantiation.
-(NSMutableArray *) myCart{
if (!_myCart){
_myCart = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
return _myCart;
}
This way you will know it will always get allocated. Basically, this method makes it so that whenever someone calls your classes version of the object it checks to see if that object has been allocated and then allocates it if it has not. It's a common paradigm that you should employ with most of your objects.
This method should go in the app delegate (where the object was declared).

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