Populate UI Table View with array of strings - ios

Question

I can't find a simple, concise answer anywhere and I refuse to believe that XCode makes things as hard as other tutorials I've found out there...
Say I have the following array
NSArray* days = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"Sunday",#"Monday",#Tuesday",#"Wednesday",#"Thursday",#"Friday",#"Saturday",nil];
I have a UI Table View, table_Days, that I would like to simply show the items from my array. What is the proper way to go about populating my table?

Answer 1

Here's my full explanation, starting with a case extremely similar to yours:
http://www.apeth.com/iOSBook/ch21.html#_table_view_data
So suppose days is stored as an instance variable accessed through a property self.days. Then set self as the table view's datasource and use this code:
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
if (!self.days) // data not ready?
return 0;
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return [self.days count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell =
[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Cell"
forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.textLabel.text = (self.days)[indexPath.row];
return cell;
}

Answer 2

You should populate your table view using the data source methods. Returning the count of the array for the number of rows.
If you need to detect when a user taps on a cell you can use the delegate methods.
#interface ViewController<UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate>
#property (nonatomic, copy) NSArray *days;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UITableView *tableDays;
#end
#implementation ViewController
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
UITableView *tableDays; // Set this up
[tableView registerClass:[UITableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
tableDays.delegate = self;
tableDays.dataSource = self;
[self.view addSubview:tableDays];
self.tableDays = tableDays;
self.days = #[#"Sunday", #"Monday", #"Tuesday", #"Wednesday", #"Thursday", #"Friday", #"Saturday"];
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [self.days count];
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.textLabel.text = self.days[indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *day = self.days[indexPath.row];
NSLog(#"Day tapped: %#", day);
}
#end
You should consider using a UITableViewController if you just want to show a table view.
Note that its better practice to use camel case for variables.