How to divide sections of UITableView by Date - ios

Question

I have a TableView divided into cell. The text of the cell is fireDate to UILocalNotification. This is my code:
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
// Return the number of sections.
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
return [[[UIApplication sharedApplication]scheduledLocalNotifications]count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
cellView *cell = (cellView *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: #"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
NSArray *localnotifications = [[UIApplication sharedApplication]scheduledLocalNotifications];
UILocalNotification *localNotification = [localnotifications objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy"];
NSString *timeString = [formatter stringFromDate:localNotification.fireDate];
[cell.textlabel setText:timeString];
return cell;
}
How to can I create section divided by date?

Answer 1

First your section numbers must be the count of the array
(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
// Return the number of sections.
return [[[UIApplication sharedApplication]scheduledLocalNotifications]count];
}
The number of rows must be one per section
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
return 1;
}
Here give a name for each section i dont know the structure of your
array but if its a dictionary for example : objectForKey:#"date"...
- (NSString *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [[[UIApplication sharedApplication]scheduledLocalNotifications] objectAtIndex:section];
}
In cellForRowAtIndexPath first check the indexPath.section and set
your object like you usually do with one section
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
switch (indexPath.section) {
case indexPath.row:
// fill your cell //
default:
break;
}
}
I don't have a computer near me to test I'm telling you this by memory's i hope at least you got the idea how tableView work.
All best and good luck.