Can't get my TableView to work - ios

Question

'Can't get this to work at all ! I had a nice simple class for a TableView that took up the entire screen, but decided i'd slice it in half, so the table only took the top half of the screen. This is my code:
This is the TableSplitViewController.h
#interface TableSplitViewController : UIViewController
{
ChildrenTableViewController *firstController;
IBOutlet UITableView *firstTable;
}
This is the TableSplitViewController.m:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
if (firstController == nil) {
firstController = [[ChildrenTableViewController alloc] init];
}
[firstTable setDataSource:firstController];
[firstTable setDelegate:firstController];
firstController.view = firstController.tableView;
}
This is the ChildrenTableViewController.h:
#interface ChildrenTableViewController : UITableViewController
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *childname;
#end
This is the ChildrenTableViewController.m:
#implementation ChildrenTableViewController
#synthesize childname;
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.childname = [[NSMutableArray alloc]
initWithObjects:#"Oliver",
#"Stuart",
#"Ross",
#"Alex", nil];
}
-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:#"ShowChildrenDetails"]) {
ChildrenDetailViewController *detailViewController = [segue destinationViewController];
NSIndexPath *myIndexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow];
detailViewController.childrenDetailModel = [[NSArray alloc]
initWithObjects: [self.childname objectAtIndex:[myIndexPath row]], nil];
}
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
// Return the number of sections.
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
return [self.childname count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *cellIdentifier = #"childrenTablecell";
ChildrenTableViewCell * cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[ChildrenTableViewCell alloc]
initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell..
cell.childname.text = [self.childname objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
return cell;
}
This is ChildrenTableViewCell.h:
#interface ChildrenTableViewCell : UITableViewCell
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *childname;
#end
This is ChildrenTableViewCell.m:
#implementation ChildrenTableViewCell
#synthesize childname;
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated
{
[super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
This is a print screen of the storyboard layout. I've attached the label with the childname so it should print the name out :
This is a print screen of it running, its weird it has the 4 rows, i can select them, but the labels are not being printed :
![Screenshot 2][2]
Fully appreciate all the help and support you can provide. Thanks :)
[2]http://puu.sh/1USzX/512ede1328
Thanks to IOSDEV i managed to find out why it was doing it.
cell.childname.text = [self.childname objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
NSLog(#"%#",[self.childname objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]]);
NSLog(#"%#",cell.childname.text);
This is what i put into my code.
and this is what i got:
2013-01-30 15:33:52.465 TableViewStory[17509:907] Oliver
2013-01-30 15:33:52.467 TableViewStory[17509:907] (null)
2013-01-30 15:33:52.470 TableViewStory[17509:907] Stuart
2013-01-30 15:33:52.472 TableViewStory[17509:907] (null)
2013-01-30 15:33:52.473 TableViewStory[17509:907] Ross
2013-01-30 15:33:52.474 TableViewStory[17509:907] (null)
2013-01-30 15:33:52.476 TableViewStory[17509:907] Alex
2013-01-30 15:33:52.477 TableViewStory[17509:907] (null)
So as you can see cell.childname.text is equal to null, this is the reason why the text isn't coming up :P I don't understand why it is though.

Answer 1

You should use the initWithStyle in the TableSplitViewController.m
firstController = [[ChildrenTableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
For some reason when I didn't use it to init the tableView I had some similar problems.