Core data how update a record? - ios

Question

I have some object that is image that is in relation with object user mani-to-one like that Image <<---> User. Now that i want to do, when the user is login i display a button to each images for add to favourites, when i click this button is run this code:
User * user = [[UserController sharedInstance] currentUser];
Image * image = (Image*)[user.managedObjectContext objectWithID:[self.yacht objectID]];
yacht.whoLiked = user
the problem is not i the same controller but in the Main Controller before, because what i do is load al the image's thumb in a collection view (and in this controller load all the data from the DB) then when i press the thumb i go in another controller that show me the big image and the button for add favourites, when i press it and then come back to the old controller in the viewDidAppear of the old controller i reload every time the data from the db but i can't see any change, if i change section (controller) and i come back to see i see the data update
this is how I call the Db from Main Controller:
- (void)fetchImages
{
NSFetchRequest *request = [NSFetchRequest fetchRequestWithEntityName:#"Image"];
request.predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:#"ANY whichCategories.name =[cd] %#", self.category.name];
NSSortDescriptor *sortName = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:#"headline" ascending:YES selector:#selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)];
request.sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:sortName];
NSError * error = nil;
self.images = [self.database.managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];
[self.collectionView reloadData];
}
- (void)useDocument
{
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[self.database.fileURL path]]) {
// CREATE
[self.database saveToURL:self.database.fileURL forSaveOperation:UIDocumentSaveForCreating completionHandler:^(BOOL success) {
[self fetchImages];
}];
} else if (self.database.documentState == UIDocumentStateClosed) {
// OPEN
[self.database openWithCompletionHandler:^(BOOL success) {
[self fetchImages];
}];
} else if (self.database.documentState == UIDocumentStateNormal) {
// USE
[self fetchImages];
}
}
- (void)setDatabase:(UIManagedDocument *)database
{
if (_database != database) {
_database = database;
[self useDocument];
}
}
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
[self useDocument];
//[self.collectionView reloadData];
[UIView beginAnimations:#"" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
self.collectionView.alpha = 1;
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
Why if i come back and return the code work else is like that I didn't call the server for refresh the array?

Answer 1

Triy with this code:
NSFetchRequest *request = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
[request setEntity:[NSEntityDescription entityForName:#"Favorits" inManagedObjectContext:moc]];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:#"title == %#", #"Some Title"];
[request setPredicate:predicate];
NSError *error = nil;
NSArray *results = [moc executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];
YourObject *object = [results objectAtIndex:0];
object.title = #"Bla bla bla";
//save changes
[moc save:&error];
if (error) {
//Do something
}
this 2 link is helpful:
http://developer.apple.com/library/iOS/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/cdProgrammingGuide.html
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/CoreDataFramework/Classes/NSFetchRequest_Class/NSFetchRequest.html

Answer 2

If I didn't misunderstand you, the problem is that when you refresh the array, your data is not updated.
If you reload from the DB and you haven't saved your changes, then you will get the values are in the DB. You should do:
NSError *saveError = nil;
[user.managedObjectContext save:&saveError];
if (error) {
//Do whatever
}
You should use this code before call again the function to reload the array from the DB. The place it's up to you, but if you only call to refresh the array from DB when you are loading the viewcontroller, you can save the data when you are leaving the viewController.