if-statement ios check json parameter - ios

Question

I'm currently parsing a JSON-feed to my table view in my iOS app. In the JSON-feed there's two different types of posts: "type":"post" and "type":"shared".
When I click on a cell in the Table View, a new view opens with the full posts etc. What I need is to set an if-statement in the didSelectRowAtIndexPath, saying: "If type = post, open this view. Else if type = shared, open this view". So I need to somehow check the json-parameter type. And based on that go to the two different views.
The didSelectRowAtIndexPath method currently looks like this:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//getting the data I'm passing to the next view, where movies = NSMutableArray
NSDictionary *movie = [self.movies objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// Allocating the Second View I want to open
HomePostsObject *newView = [[HomePostsObject alloc] init];
// passing the data to newView
newView.theMovie = movie;
// presenting the view
[self.navigationController pushViewController:newView animated:YES];
}
And the full code for parsing the data looks like this:
#implementation HomeViewController
#synthesize profilePic;
#synthesize tableView = _tableView, activityIndicatorView = _activityIndicatorView;
#synthesize btnFaceBook, btnTwitter, btnTwitter2;
#synthesize strURLToLoad;
#synthesize movies;
#synthesize statsHome;
#synthesize fontForCellText;
#synthesize twitterFollowers;
#synthesize facebookLikes;
#synthesize instagramFollowers;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Initializing Data Source
movies = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:#"link.php"];
NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url];
AFJSONRequestOperation *operation = [AFJSONRequestOperation JSONRequestOperationWithRequest:request success:^(NSURLRequest *request, NSHTTPURLResponse *response, id JSON) {
self.movies = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:JSON];
[self.activityIndicatorView stopAnimating];
[self.tableView reloadData];
} failure:^(NSURLRequest *request, NSHTTPURLResponse *response, NSError *error, id JSON) {
NSLog(#"Request Failed with Error: %#, %#", error, error.userInfo);
}];
[operation start];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return movies.count;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return 85;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = #"HomeFeedView";
HomeFeedView *cell = (HomeFeedView *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"HomeFeedView" owner:self options:nil];
cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}
NSDictionary *movie = [self.movies objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.title.text = [movie objectForKey:#"message"];
cell.published.text = [movie objectForKey:#"published"];
cell.twitterName.text = [movie objectForKey:#"celebname"];
return cell;
}
- (NSString *)getTextKey
{
return #"message";
}
- (NSString *)getPostedTime
{
return #"published";
}
- (NSString *)getTwitterName
{
return #"celebname";
}
- (CGFloat)getHeightForText:(NSString *)strText
{
CGSize constraintSize = CGSizeMake(cellTextWidth, MAXFLOAT);
CGSize labelSize = [strText sizeWithFont:fontForCellText constrainedToSize:constraintSize lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
NSLog(#"labelSize.height = %f",labelSize.height);
return labelSize.height;
}
#end
JSON structure/data:
{
"message":"blablablabla",
"published":"5 hours ago",
"link":"http://google.com",
"unix":1395493814,
"name":"Name",
"story":null,
"picture":"some-pic.jpg",
"type":"shared"
},
{
"message":"blablabla",
"published":"5 hours ago",
"name":"Name",
"unix":1395493814,
"type":"post"
},

Answer 1

In your HomeFeedView.h just add a new property say type.
#property(strong, nonatomic) NSString *type;
Then set this type property in cellForRowAtIndexPath delegate method.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = #"HomeFeedView";
HomeFeedView *cell = (HomeFeedView *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"HomeFeedView" owner:self options:nil];
cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}
NSDictionary *movie = [self.movies objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.title.text = [movie objectForKey:#"message"];
cell.published.text = [movie objectForKey:#"published"];
cell.twitterName.text = [movie objectForKey:#"celebname"];
cell.type = [movie objectForKey:#"type"];
return cell;
}
and didSelect method write this:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//getting the data I'm passing to the next view, where movies = NSMutableArray
HomeFeedView *cell = [tableview cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if([cell.type isEqualToString: #"post"]){
// Allocating the Second View I want to open
HomePostsObject *newView = [[HomePostsObject alloc] init];
// passing the data to newView
newView.theMovie = [self.movies objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// presenting the view
[self.navigationController pushViewController:newView animated:YES];
}
else{
// Allocating the Second View I want to open
HomePostsObject *newView = [[HomePostsObject alloc] init];
// passing the data to newView
newView.theMovie = [self.movies objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// presenting the view
[self.navigationController pushViewController:newView animated:YES];
}
}