UITableView as subview is always empty - ios

Question

I have a ViewController which has several subviews (Graphs) added using function
[self.view addSubview:subView]
Now, I want to add a UITableView as subview, but when I do this, my table is always empty. Methods like numberOfSectionsInTableView, numberOfRowsInSection, etc are never called.
My table doesn't have a XIB file. This is the code from my .M file:
#import "TableSubviewViewController.h"
#implementation TableSubviewViewController
#synthesize data;
#synthesize tableFrame;
-(id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style{
self = [super initWithStyle:style];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
-(void)viewDidLoad{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.view.frame = tableFrame;
}
-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
return [[self.data allKeys]count];
}
-(NSString*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return [[self.data allKeys]objectAtIndex:section];
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return 1;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
if(cell == nil){
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text = #"Some text";
return cell;
}
And this is the code in my main ViewController, in which I'm creating TableSubviewViewController:
TableSubviewViewController *tableSubView = [[TableSubviewViewController alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
tableSubView.tableFrame = tableFrame;
tableSubView.data = data;
[self.view addObject:tableSubView.view];
What Am I missing?
Thank you

Answer 1

TableSubviewViewController tableSubView must be main ViewController's global variable , can't be a local variable in the method viewDidLoad of main ViewController

Answer 2

U need to set datasource and delegate methods do like this
// in TableSubviewViewController.h file put a custom initilizer
#interface TableSubviewViewController : UIViewController
- (id)initTheSubviewTableVIewWithFrame:(CGRect)rect; //your custom initialiser
#end
//TableSubviewViewController.m file
#import "TableSubviewViewController.h"
#interface TableSubviewViewController ()<UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>
#end
#implementation TableSubviewViewController
//dont use this method left blank
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialisation
}
return self;
}
//you can make custom initiliser method
- (id)initTheSubviewTableVIewWithFrame:(CGRect)rect
{
self = [super init];
if(self)
{
UITableView *subViewTable = [[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:rect];//since u are creating the tableview programatically u need to set datasource and delegate programatically
subViewTable.dataSource = self; //add this
subViewTable.delegate = self; //this also
[self.view addSubview:subViewTable];
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
//datasource and delegate methods
-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
return 2;
}
//use as reqired
//-(NSString*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection: (NSInteger)section{
// return 3;
//}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return 1;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if(cell == nil){
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text = #"Some text";
return cell;
}
//in main ViewController.m controler u need to do like this
TableSubviewViewController *subViewTable = [[TableSubviewViewController alloc]initTheSubviewTableVIewWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.view.bounds.origin.x, self.view.bounds.origin.y, self.view.bounds.size.width, 150)];//created the subviewTableView tableview
//set properties that u defined for tableview delegate and datasource
[self.view addSubview:subViewTable.view];
hope this helps u :)

Answer 3

Make sure your .h file use
and set delegate and datasource to self.
TableSubviewViewController *tableSubView = [[TableSubviewViewController alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
tableSubView.tableFrame = tableFrame;
tableSubView.delegate = self;
tableSubView.dataSource = self;
tableSubView.data = data;
[self.view addObject:tableSubView.view];
After that check whether array self.data have object or not. It might be possible that array is blank.