I'd like to implement something that looks like a media player, a playlist in table view that takes 3/4th of the screen height and a 1/4 height fixed panel at the bottom for play controls. I can't add anything to my UITableViewController in Storyboard, it only allows adding something to my TableView. How should this be done in iOS?
A UITableViewController inherits fromUIViewController. There is two possibilities to add others element with your tableview :
In the viewDidLoad method of your table view controller, replace it's view (it is its table view at the moment) by a new view, resize the table view, and add a view at the bottom programmatically.
Replace your UITableViewController in your storyboard by a simple UIVIewController. You add in it your tableview, your bottom view, and everithing else you want. In the header file of your view controller, specified it implements the delegates methods for a tableview :
#interface MyViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate>
And don't forget to assign the delegate and datasource of your tableview in the IB to this view controller.
Then write the methods required for a tableview datasource and delegate (tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: , numberOfSectionInTableView:,...)
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I'm trying for this solution from many days, I have a scenario where I want to pass touch even (Swiping for page view controller) of my first custom cell to the parent view which is a page view controller.
Here my first cell in the table view is a transparent cell. It is not visible instead of we can see the background view which is a super class of table view controller and it is a page view controller. So here I want to pass the touch event which should be swiping for page view controller. And all the remaining cells are not transparent. Here I'm sending the image so that you can understand. easily. So help me out in passing the swipe/touch to my page view controller Basic Look with transparent cell on top So in that transparent cell area we can see the super view of table view controller which is a page view controller.
As you can see left side is the basic look, and in that you can see the page view controller, and then the right side image is when we scroll the cells it will look like this.
So now you can understand clearly the height of table view and my requirement too.
So how to pass touch/ swipe event to the page view controller when we select transparent cell(indexpath.row ==0 first cell)
I tried the solution that given but no use..
You can add one more view on top of it (pageview -> cellview -> new view on top with opacity = 0). Next add swipe gesture to new view and finally make a newView.delegate = pageviewController to capture swipe event.
#protocol NewViewControllerDelegate<NSObject>
-(void)gestureDidFire;
#end
#interface NewViewController : UIViewController
// you gesture outlet look like IBAction *swipeGestureReconizer;
#property (nonatomic, assign)id <NewViewControllerDelegate>delegate;
#end
//newViewContrlloer.m
- IBAction swipeGestureReconizer
{
if(self.delegate && [self.delegate responseToSelector:#seletor(gestureDidFire)])
{
[self.delegate gestureDidFire];
}
}
//in your page view interface
#interface yourPageView()<NewViewControllerDelegate>
{
//need instance of newView
newViewController.delegate = self;
}
-(void)gestureDidFire
{
//implement what you want
}
I have a footer for a UITableView which is a "complex" view (textView and a button).
I made a xib and added it to the footer of the UITableView.
The next stage is having referencing outlets in the ViewController of the UITableView
The thing is that I want to use this footer view in several ViewControllers (and not DRYing)
What can I do?
It sounds like you want to have a xib/.h/.m separate from the .xib used by your UIViewController. This is for your View that will be used as the footer of the UITableView. You can [[MyFooterView alloc] init] in the viewDidLoad of any controllers that are using a UITableView and assign the footer to that instance of MyFooterView. Is this what you're after? You can still have referencing outlets to the UITableView in any UIViewController, and keep a reference to MyFooterView that you instantiated in viewDidLoad
addTarget example:
myFooterView.button addTarget:self action:myCustomHandlerFunction forControlEvents: UIControlEventTouchUpInside
I'm trying to add this custom control below my tableview in a TableViewController:
https://github.com/zogieosagie/RMEIdeasPullToSortControl
In the example the creator gives, the control is implemented using a ViewController and an added tableview, but I want to use it in a TableViewController. I have created and initialized it as shown in the example but I cannot get it to show up behind the table. Any ideas?
Here is a screenshot of the control above my tableview: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ojfpacxelcy9cqm/Photo%20May%2028%2C%208%2057%2035%20PM.png
Here is my code in the viewDidLoad method:
[self.tableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
self.rmeideasPullDownControl = [[RMEIdeasPullDownControl alloc] initWithDataSource:self delegate:self clientScrollView:self.tableView];
self.sortTitlesArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"Listed from A - Z", #"Listed from Z - A", #"Brand value: HIGHEST - LOWEST", #"Brand value: LOWEST - HIGHEST", #"Founded: OLDEST - NEWEST", #"Founded: NEWEST - OLDEST", nil];
CGRect originalFrame = self.rmeideasPullDownControl.frame;
self.rmeideasPullDownControl.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 45.0, originalFrame.size.width, originalFrame.size.height);
//It is recommended that the control is placed behind the client scrollView. Remember to make its background transparent.
//[self.view insertSubview:self.rmeideasPullDownControl belowSubview:self.tableView];
[self.tableView addSubview:self.rmeideasPullDownControl];
[self.tableView sendSubviewToBack:self.rmeideasPullDownControl];
Table view controllers do not lend themselves to managing anything other than a table view. In a table view controller the content view of the view controller is the table view.
You should not try to add other views as subviews of a table view.
Those 2 things combined mean that you can't do what you are trying to do.
Instead, you should create a regular UIViewController. In your storyboard, add a container view to the view controller's content view. Create a UITableViewController as a separate scene, and then control-drag from the container view onto the table view controller. That will set up an embed segue, so your table view controller becomes a child view of the regular view controller. Now you can do whatever you want to the main view controller's content view, including adding other views behind the table view.
Do you mean that you are using a Table View Controller on the storyboard? Or do you mean that your backing code is a subclass of UITableViewController?
I haven't used this project before but I'm guessing you are using a Table View Controller on the storyboard, in which case there is no backing view for the RMEIdeasPulldownControl to attach to (the top-level view is a UITableViewController). If you look in the example it needs to be attached to a scrollview (like a table view) but it needs to be inserted into a view (like a UIView)
If you meant the second one then I'm not sure, UITableViewControllers are subclassed from UIViewControllers and are really very similar, so I can't imagine any trouble arising from that.
It isn't possible directly, but you can create UIViewControllerClass with relevant storyboard UIViewController
add a MyUIView in hierarchy then UITableView next to MyUIView
attach datasource and delegates for UITableView and use MyUIView as per your requirement.
I'm trying to add a tableview as subview to my tableViewController, but I want to setup the cells in storyboard. It will be a static tableview.
This is the code for calling the tableview on button click.
- (IBAction)botaoAdicionar:(id)sender {
AtividadesPraticadasTableView *tableview = [[AtividadesPraticadasTableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 170, 320, 320) style:UITableViewStylePlain];
[self.view addSubview:tableview];
}
In the tableview class I have this:
#implementation AtividadesPraticadasTableView
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
Now, I have a viewcontrollerin storyboard with a tableview, which the class of the tableviewI changed to this file AtividadesPraticadasTableView. It has three static custom cells in storyboard, therefore it opens a blank default tableview.
What am I missing?
Static table views are entirely contained within the storyboard, and require information from the storyboard to display their content.
You've defined a static table view controller in the storyboard, populated it and set the tableView's custom class to your custom class, but when you want to add the table view you are just instantiating a table view of that class. That isn't going to get any of the information you've added to the storyboard.
In addition, the static cells information is read and understood by the UITableViewController, not the UITableView, so you are at the wrong level there too.
You need to do the following:
Get a reference to the storyboard, either from your original view controller's storyboard property (if it is on the same storyboard as your static table) or using storyboardWithName:bundle:.
instantiate the table view controller from that storyboard, using instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:. This will create a table view controller object containing all your static cells
Add this as a child view controller to your original view controller, using addChildViewController:
Add the table view controller's tableView as a subview
It may be simpler to add a container view in the storyboard to hold this view, and reveal it when the button is pressed, as Mike Slutsky suggested - this will do all of the instantiating and adding and child view controller-ing work for you, but the principle is still the same.
Also, adding a table view as a subview to a table view controller sounds very dodgy - a table view controller already has a table view as its view, and you can't really add subviews to that.
The thing your missing is the association between the programatically instantiated tableview and the UITableView that you put in your storyboard. You cannot just draw UITableViews in your storyboard and start instantiating new UITableViews in the controller's code and expect xcode to know which UITableView you wanted to use from the storyboard. Use an IBOutlet to connect a global variable for the controller to the UITableView in the storyboard, then the controller will know what you're trying to refer to. If you want that UITableView to appear on a button click, simply set the UITableView to hidden by default in the storyboard and then unhide it when the button is pressed.
The thing You are missing called manual. Check this protocol for TableView dataSource https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UITableViewDataSource_Protocol/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/intf/UITableViewDataSource
P.S. Here good tutorial for storyboards http://maniacdev.com/ios-5-sdk-tutorial-and-guide/xcode-4-storyboard
I have a UINavigationController and UITableView in my MainWindow.xib. I'm trying to insert a non-touchable/non-movable image at the top of the view. (I don't want to simply change the UINavigationBar background, as from what I've experienced, the UINavigationBar height cannot be arbitrarily increased.)
As this is a root view, its behaviour is controlled by my RootViewController. When the view loads, I hide the navigation bar using self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
I've tried adding a UIView to the top of the UITableView, but when the user scrolls through the table, the top image moves. How can I place a stationary image at the top of the UITableView without it moving as if it were a cell and without using a UINavigationBar background image?
Naively-Considered Possibilities:
Enclose the view in another view, the top of which contains the image?
Overlay an image mask at the top of the screen?
(HIG violation, anyone?)
If your view controller is a UITableViewController you can't easily add another view because the tableViewController just manages a single view which is the UITableView. I recommend using a plain UIViewController instead where you add a UIView for your top view and a UITableView for your content as subviews to the main viewController.view. Then, implement the UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource protocols in your UIViewController.
You can create another UIViewController which contains the UITableViewController and your static image on top. This way, you can even resize the table view so the static image is displayed above and not over your table.
UIViewController *middleViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
[[middleViewController view] addSubview:tableView];
[[middleViewController view] addSubview:staticImageView];
...
[navigationController initWithRootViewController:middleViewController];
Has been a long time since I made my last cocoa application, so I cannot promise that it works.