Calling a subview - ios

Question

#import "sideTableViewController.h"
#interface sideTableViewController ()
{
NSArray *colours;
}
#end
#implementation sideTableViewController
#synthesize colorNames;
#synthesize sideTableView;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
self.sideTableView.delegate= self;
self.sideTableView.dataSource=self;
colorNames = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"Archie",#"Sethi",#"Rajan" ,#"Deepak" ,nil];
}
- (NSInteger)sideTableView:(UITableView *)sideTableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [colorNames count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)sideTableView:(UITableView *)sideTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = nil;
cell = [sideTableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"MyCell"];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:#"MyCell"];
}
cell.textLabel.text =[colorNames objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// NSLog(#"the indexpath is %#",indexPath);
return cell;
}
- (void)sideTableView:(UITableView *)sideTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [sideTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
[sideTableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#end
and this is the header file...
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface sideTableViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
{
NSArray *colorNames;
}
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITableView *sideTableView;
-(IBAction)showMessage;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSArray *colorNames;
#end
I'm trying to get an image as a background to an existing tableview.
i'm getting an exception regarding: [sideTableViewController tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7593640
please help i'm new in IOS programming!

Answer 1

may this code help you simply add the below code to just above
- (NSInteger)sideTableView:(UITableView *)sideTableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
add this code
-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
return 1;
}