parsed feed not visible on UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath method not getting accessed - ios

Question

I am trying to show parsed Yahoo RSS feed on the table view. But nothing is getting shown on the screen. When I used breakpoints I came to know that the control is not going to cellForRowAtIndexPath method at all. I don't know why that is happening. The structure of the yahoo feed is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines</title>
<link>http://news.yahoo.com/</link>
<description>The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.</description>
<language>en-US</language>
<copyright>Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved</copyright>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
<ttl>5</ttl>
<image>
<title>Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines</title>
<link>http://news.yahoo.com/</link>
<url>http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif</url>
</image>
<item><title>After the bombings, the blame game begins</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/boston-marathon-bombing-blame-game-begins-210800101.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uiv31afw5K_BzPxeYQz44Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-22T013026Z_741208741_GM1E94M0Q7101_RTRMADP_3_USA-EXPLOSIONS-BOSTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A couple embraces at a memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston" align="left" title="A couple embraces at a memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston" border="0" /></a>Some lawmakers fault the FBI for not following up on intelligence about one of the alleged bombers.</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/boston-marathon-bombing-blame-game-begins-210800101.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:08:00 -0400</pubDate><source url="http://www.csmonitor.com/">Christian Science Monitor</source><guid isPermaLink="false">boston-marathon-bombing-blame-game-begins-210800101</guid><media:content url="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uiv31afw5K_BzPxeYQz44Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-22T013026Z_741208741_GM1E94M0Q7101_RTRMADP_3_USA-EXPLOSIONS-BOSTON.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/boston-marathon-bombing-blame-game-begins-210800101.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uiv31afw5K_BzPxeYQz44Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-22T013026Z_741208741_GM1E94M0Q7101_RTRMADP_3_USA-EXPLOSIONS-BOSTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A couple embraces at a memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston" align="left" title="A couple embraces at a memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston" border="0" /></a>Some lawmakers fault the FBI for not following up on intelligence about one of the alleged bombers.</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item></guid></channel>
</rss>
My feedViewController.m is as follows:
#interface feedViewController ()
#end
#implementation feedViewController
#synthesize tableView,showPosts;
//#synthesize feed;
Feed *xmlParseFeed;
//channel *chShow;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//self.feed = [[Feed alloc] init];
self.showPosts = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSArray *newPosts = [xmlParseFeed newPosts];
if (newPosts) {
[self.showPosts addObjectsFromArray:newPosts];
//[newPosts release];
}
static NSString *feedURLString = #"http://news.yahoo.com/rss";
NSURL *feedURL = [NSURL URLWithString:feedURLString];
xmlParseFeed = [[Feed alloc] initWithURL:feedURL];
self.showPosts = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[xmlParseFeed refresh];
}
- (void)viewDidUnload
{
[self setTableView:nil];
[super viewDidUnload];
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return [showPosts count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] ;
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
}
ItemDataCollection *post = [showPosts objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
Feed *entry = [showPosts objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// Set up the cell...
channel *channelRecord = [self.showPosts objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = channelRecord.cTitle;
cell.textLabel.text = channelRecord.pubDate;
NSLog(#"channelRecord.title *****************%#",channelRecord.cTitle);
/* cell.textLabel.text = post.title;
cell.textLabel.text = post.itemDescription;
cell.textLabel.text = post.titleImage;
NSLog(#"item title******%#",post.title); */
cell.textLabel.font=[UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial" size:12];
cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 1;
return cell;
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
#end
Properties in channel class are: cTitle,pubDate and itemCollectionArray. Properties in Post class are: title, itemDescription and titleImage. Feed class is for parsing. the contents of Feed.m is as follows:
#class ItemDataCollection;
#implementation Feed
#synthesize feedURL,feedRequest,currentElement,currentElementData;
//#synthesize feedChannel;
//#synthesize feedPosts;
static ItemDataCollection *itemCollection;
static NSMutableArray *channelCollection;
NSMutableString *mString;
NSMutableString *str;
channel *Channel ;
- (NSArray *)newPosts {
NSMutableArray *posts = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSInteger item = 1; item <= 5; item++) {
//NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
ItemDataCollection *newPost;
newPost = [[ItemDataCollection alloc] init];
// NSString *pubDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:#"pubDate"];
newPost.title = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"title %#", kTitleElementName];
newPost.itemDescription = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"itemdescription %#", kItemDescription];
newPost.titleImage = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"image %#",kItemImage];
// newPost.itemTitle = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"itemtitle %#", ITEM_TITLE_XML];
[posts addObject:newPost];
//[newPost release];
// [pool drain];
}
return posts;
}
- (Feed *) initXMLParser {
//[super init];
appDelegate = (appAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
return self;
}
-(id)initWithURL:(NSURL *)sourceURL {
if (self = [super init]) {
self.feedURL = sourceURL;
channelCollection=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
return self;
}
- (void)refresh {
self.feedRequest = [ASIHTTPRequest requestWithURL:feedURL];
// [feedPosts removeAllObjects];
[feedRequest setDelegate:self];
[feedRequest startAsynchronous];
}
- (void)requestFinished:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request {
NSData *responseData = [request responseData];
// NSLog(#"*************response are *********%#",[[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
NSXMLParser *parser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:responseData];
[parser setDelegate:self];
if ([parser parse]) {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
postNotificationName:#"myevent"
object:nil];
// [posts ]
}
}
- (void)requestFailed:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request {
NSError *error = [request error];
NSLog(#"requestFailed: %#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser
didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName
namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI
qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName
attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict {
if ([elementName isEqualToString:kChannelElementName]) {
Channel = [[channel alloc] init];
dict=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[Channel setItemCollectionArray:[[NSMutableArray alloc] init]];
return ;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:kItemElementName]) {
itemCollection=[[ItemDataCollection alloc] init];
return ;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:kTitleElementName]) {
return ;
}
if([elementName isEqualToString:kItemDescription]){
return ;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:kItemImage]) {
NSString *urlString = attributeDict[#"url"];
if(urlString){
[dict setObject:urlString forKey:#"img"];
NSLog(#"%#",urlString);
mString = [NSString stringWithFormat:urlString];
str = [NSString stringWithFormat:mString];
}
return ;
}
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string {
if (currentElementData == nil) {
self.currentElementData = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
}
[currentElementData appendString:string];
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName
namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI
qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName {
if ([elementName isEqualToString:kChannelElementName]) {
[channelCollection addObject:Channel];
NSLog(#"channel are***********%#",channelCollection);
for(ItemDataCollection *mydata in Channel.itemCollectionArray){
NSLog(#"___%# <><><><><> desc \n <><><><><><> img \n %#",mydata.title,/*mydata.itemDescription*/mydata.titleImage);
}
Channel =nil;
}
else if ([elementName isEqualToString:kItemElementName]) {
[[Channel itemCollectionArray] addObject:itemCollection];
itemCollection=nil;
}
else if ([elementName isEqualToString:kTitleElementName]) {
if(itemCollection==nil){
Channel.cTitle=currentElementData;
}
else{
itemCollection.title=currentElementData;
}
}
else if ([elementName isEqualToString:kPubDate]) {
Channel.pubDate=currentElementData;
}
else if ([elementName isEqualToString: kItemDescription]) {
if(itemCollection!=nil){
itemCollection.itemDescription = currentElementData;
}
}
else if([currentElementData rangeOfString:#"media:content"].location){
if(itemCollection!=nil){
if([str isEqualToString:mString]){
// [currentElementData appendString:dict];
itemCollection.titleImage = mString;
} else{
itemCollection.titleImage = #"";
}
}
}
self.currentElementData = nil;
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)parseError {
NSString *info = [NSString stringWithFormat:
#"Error %i, Description: %#, Line: %i, Column: %i",
[parseError code],
[[parser parserError] localizedDescription],
[parser lineNumber],
[parser columnNumber]];
NSLog(#"RSS Feed Parse Error: %#", info);
}
#end
The feed is getting parsed and can be seen on the console. But it is not visible on the screen. What can be the reason? As i said earlier, cellForRowAtIndexPath() is not getting accessed at all. What's the reason for that??
I've added this method:
- (void)feedChanged:(NSNotification *)notification {
NSArray *newPosts = [xmlParseFeed newPosts];
NSLog(#"%#",newPosts);
if (newPosts) {
[self.showPosts addObjectsFromArray:newPosts];
[self.tableView reloadData];
// [self updateViewTitle];
// [newPosts release];
}

Answer 1

I don't see where in your code you're calling reloadData from UITableView. You need to call this method after you load newPosts.
If this doesn't work, check a couple of things like:
What is the value returned by tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:? Is it greater than zero? If it's zero, that's why tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath doesn't get called.
How do you load your feed? Is it in the main thread or different thread? You should be loading it in a different thread, so you won't block your UI while you load the data, but make sure you're calling reloadData after the data is loaded into newPosts.