uitableview array of objects as datasource - ios

Question

i have a UITableView in a storyboard in an ios xcode project,
i also have an array of menuitem objects stored in itemarray:
NSMutableArray *itemarray;
this is my menuitem.h file
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#interface menuitem : NSObject
#property (nonatomic) NSString *itemtitle;
#property (nonatomic) NSString *itemdesc;
#property (nonatomic) int itemid;
#property (nonatomic) int itemprice;
#property (nonatomic) NSString *itemcat;
#end
this is my tableviewcell.m file:
#import "tableviewcell.h"
#import "menuitem.h"
#interface tableviewcell ()
#property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UILabel *titleLabel;
#property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UILabel *descLabel;
#property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UILabel *priceLabel;
#end
#implementation tableviewcell
-(void)configureWithmenuitem:(menuitem *)item{
NSLog(#"hello");
self.titleLabel.text = item.itemtitle;
self.descLabel.text = item.itemdesc;
self.priceLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.1d", item.itemprice];
}
#end
i want to get the itemtitle, itemdesc and itemprice from each instance of menuitem into 3 labels on each of the tableviewcells

Answer 1

Your tableviewcell is a View and thus it should only know how to display itself and not what to display. It's the job of your controller (through the delegate tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: method) to tell the view what to display.
Thus you should do something like:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
CustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Id"];
//Assuming you've stored your items in an array.
Item *item = [items objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.titleLabel.text = item.itemTitle;
cell.descLabel.text = item.itemdesc;
cell.priceLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.1d", item.itemprice];
return cell;
}
^ The above code assumes you have a prototype cell. If you don't, you'll have to alloc if cell is nil after dequeue.