button tag issue with UISearchBar - ios

Question

I need to set a tag for the button created on the table view cell.
I implemented the UISearchBar and it works well.
Issue is after filtering the tableView cell, its indexpath.row changes as I am setting
'button.tag = indexPath.row'.
Is there a way to keep the row number constant for every cell?
Or is there any other solution?
Note: I have multiple sections in one UITableView and isFiltered is BOOL value which indicates user have started to type text in UISearchBar.
Implemented Searching with help of https://github.com/kwylez/IndexedTable
In cellForRowAtIndexPath:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *cellId = #"CheckBoxedCell";
// NSString *cellId = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Section:%d Row:%d",indexPath.section,indexPath.row];
CheckBoxedCellClass *cell = (CheckBoxedCellClass *)[self.tableViewContact dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellId];
if(!cell)
{
NSArray *nib;
if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
{
nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"CheckBoxedCellClass" owner:self options:nil];
}
else if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"CheckBoxedCellClass_iPad" owner:self options:nil];
}
for (id object in nib)
{
if([object isKindOfClass:[CheckBoxedCellClass class]])
{
cell = (CheckBoxedCellClass *)object;
break;
}
}
cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
}
SaveCheckBoxedView *saveContact;
if(isFiltered == YES)
{
saveContact = [filterdArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.nameLabel.text = saveContact.nameString;
}
else
{
saveContact = [mutableArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.nameLabel.text = [[objectsForCharacters objectForKey:[arrayOfCharacters objectAtIndex:indexPath.section]] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
//cell.nameLabel.text = saveContact.nameString;
cell.companyLabel.text = saveContact.companyString;
cell.invIdLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", saveContact.invitId];
//set fonts
if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
{
[cell.companyLabel setFont:[UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:10.0]];
}
else
{
[cell.companyLabel setFont:[UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:14.0]];
}
//handling check box
NSInteger rowNumber = 0;
for(NSInteger i = 0; i < indexPath.section ; i++)
{
rowNumber += [self tableView:self.tableViewContact numberOfRowsInSection:i];
}
rowNumber += indexPath.row;
/*if([indexPath compare:self.lastIndexPath] == NSOrderedSame)
{
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
NSString *finalIntId = [mutableArrayOfIds objectAtIndex:rowNumber];
NSLog(#"Tagged checked button id = %#", finalIntId);
[arrayOfIds addObject:finalIntId];
}*/
UIButton *checkBox;
if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
{
checkBox = [[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(7, 8, 30, 30)];
}
else
{
checkBox = [[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15, 13, 30, 30)];
}
[checkBox setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"checkBox.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[checkBox addTarget:self action:#selector(checkBoxClicked:event:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
if(isFiltered == YES)
{
checkBox.tag = ;
}
else
{
checkBox.tag = rowNumber;
}
[cell.contentView addSubview:checkBox];
return cell;
}
- (NSArray *)sectionIndexTitlesForTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
if(isFiltered == YES) {
return Nil;
} else {
NSArray *toBeReturned = [NSArray arrayWithArray:
[#"A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|#"
componentsSeparatedByString:#"|"]];
return toBeReturned;
}
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView sectionForSectionIndexTitle:(NSString *)title atIndex:(NSInteger)index {
if (title == UITableViewIndexSearch) {
CGRect searchBarFrame = self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.frame;
[tableView scrollRectToVisible:searchBarFrame animated:YES];
return -1;
} else {
NSInteger count = 0;
for (NSString *character in arrayOfCharacters) {
if ([character isEqualToString:title]) {
return count;
}
count ++;
}
return 0;
}
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
if(isFiltered == YES) {
return 1;
} else {
return [arrayOfCharacters count];
//return 1;
}
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
if(isFiltered == YES) {
return [filterdArray count];
} else {
//return [mutableArray count];
return [[objectsForCharacters objectForKey:[arrayOfCharacters objectAtIndex:section]] count];
}
}
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
if ([arrayOfCharacters count] == 0) {
return #"";
}
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [arrayOfCharacters objectAtIndex:section]];
}
- (void)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText
{
if(searchText.length == 0)
{
isFiltered = NO;
}
else
{
isFiltered = YES;
filterdArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (SaveCheckBoxedView *contact in mutableArray)
{
NSRange nameRange = [contact.nameString rangeOfString:searchText options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
if(nameRange.location != NSNotFound)
{
[filterdArray addObject:contact];
}
}
}
[self.tableViewContact reloadData];
}
- (BOOL)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller shouldReloadTableForSearchString:(NSString *)searchString
{
[filterdArray removeAllObjects];
if(searchString.length > 0)
{
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:#"SELF contains [search] %#", self.mySearchBar.text];
for (NSString *key in arrayOfCharacters)
{
NSArray *matches = [objectsForCharacters[key] filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
[filterdArray addObjectsFromArray:matches];
}
}
return YES;
}

Answer 1

I am describing one way to do so, you may find better way.
- (BOOL)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller shouldReloadTableForSearchString:(NSString *)searchString
{
[filterdArray removeAllObjects];
if(searchString.length > 0)
{
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:#"SELF contains [search] %#", self.mySearchBar.text];
for (NSString *key in arrayOfCharacters)
{
NSArray *matches = [objectsForCharacters[key] filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
/****see bellow****/
[filterdArray addObjectsFromArray:matches];
}
}
return YES;
}
Try to find the row number of each object of "matches". that will be the tag of your buttons. Make filterdArray an array of dictionary. Add 2 field to dictionary. one for tag another for value. in cellForRowAtIndexPath.
if(isFiltered == YES)
{
checkBox.tag = [filterdArray objectForKey: #"tag"] ;
}
else
{
checkBox.tag = rowNumber;
}