iOS: Dynamic Creation of UISegmentedControl within UIView - ios

I am wanting to create a custom UIView class that will show a dynamic number of UISegmentedControl objects depending on some input. For example, if a client has 5 products in their cart, the UIView should generate 5 UISegmentedControl objects that I will then link with each item.
The problem I am having is getting this to work in a UIView. Here is what I have done so far. I am successfully able to create a UISegmentedControl object and display it programmatically within my main UIViewController. I don't get any display when adding it to my UIView class. Here is the implementation code for the UIView class:
#import "ajdSegmentView.h"
#implementation ajdSegmentView
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
NSArray *itemArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"Yes", #"No", nil];
UISegmentedControl *button = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:itemArray];
button.frame = CGRectMake(35,44, 120,44);
button.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStylePlain;
button.selectedSegmentIndex = 1;
[self addSubview:button];
}
return self;
}
#end
I created a new UIView object via Storyboard and placed it inside the UIViewController scene. I made sure to set the class from the generic UIView class to my new custom class. I added and outlet for the UIView in my UIViewController class. Here is the code inside the implementation of UIViewController:
#import "ajdViewController.h"
#interface ajdViewController ()
#end
#implementation ajdViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
self.segmentView = [[ajdSegmentView alloc] init];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#end
That's all I have tried. I have been searching through a lot of pages and trying to implement this without asking here, but I seem to be looking in the wrong places.

First you need to check ajdSegmentView is UIVIew or UIViewController. It is fine if it is UIView. If it is type of UIViewController then you need to add this line while adding Segment.
[self.view addSubview:button];
In place of:
[self addSubview:button];
And One more thing You forget to add this View to your main after allocating so You can declare like this:
objajdSegmentView = [[ajdSegmentView alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:objajdSegmentView.view];
I have just added this thing. i got result like this way.
Hope this will work for you.

You're initializing your custom view using the init method, but your initialization for ajdSegmentView is in your initWithFrame: method (which in your case is not getting called).
So replace:
self.segmentView = [[ajdSegmentView alloc] init];
with:
// Change the frame to what you want
self.segmentView = [[ajdSegmentView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,100,40)];
Also don't forget to add your view to the view controller's view also.
[self.view addSubview:self.segmentView];
Unless this view is being created with interface builder, in which case you will need to override initWithCoder: in your ajdSegmentView class.
I'm not familiar with Storyboard though, so maybe I'm missing something, but in a standard scenario what I said above will solve your problem.

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Subclassing an UIButton: custom behaviour on "touchUpInside"

I am subclassing an UIButton which is going to be present in all of my app's ViewControllers, kinda Navigation Button. I would like just to put it to my VC and apply custom class, without any code in ViewController itself. So, the questions:
1. is it possible?
2. I am using this code now in my UIButton custom class. What is wrong?:
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{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
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[self addTarget:self action:#selector(didTouchButton) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
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}
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UPD: seems that even initWithFrame method is not being called at all.
Loading from the nib I think.The initWithFrame method doesn't work if not called programatically.
Try -awakeFromNib Method
See this question

where to init a UITablewView as a subview

Where should I initialize a UITablewView as a subview, in - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame, in viewdidload or loadView? Which is the better approach? Where should I make the frame (I mean which is more effective)?
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self)
{
self.backgroundColor = kViewBackgroundColor;
_tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero style:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
_tableView.backgroundView = nil;
_tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
_tableView.bounces = NO;
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On my projects I usually create a baseViewController with a custom initialiser like this:
- (id)init{
self = [self initWithNibName:NSStringFromClass([self class]) bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
if (self) {
//You should create the tableView and other properties here
//and add as subviews inside viewDidLoad
_tableView = [[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,100,100)];
}
return self;
}
and I always create my view controller by using this init method, because I don't think the other vc's need to know the name of the nib file. If I were you I would create subviews inside init method, add as subviews inside viewDidLoad or viewWillAppear and finally releasing them inside dealloc if you are not using ARC.
Generally this depends on your requirement that if you are having custom view called with a tableview as subview then loadview with the initwithframe method will be better and while you want to initialize it from viewcontroller then viewdidload is better. I think you should bifurcate your requirement. Hope this helps.
Since you are initializing table view with zero frame it wont be visible even if you added that
you can try this
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self)
{
self.backgroundColor = kViewBackgroundColor;
UITableView *_tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds style:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
_tableView.backgroundView = nil;
_tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
_tableView.bounces = NO;
[_tableView setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth]
[self addSubview:_tableView];
}
return self;
}
If you'd like to create subviews programmatically based on superview metrics (frame or bounds), you should do it in viewDidLoad, because if you do in in initializer, metrics of self.view will not be avaliable, and you subviews will be created with zero frame and will not be visible (as Johnykutty) mentioned above.
But that does not seem to be a good practice in case your subview initialization routines require heavy operations.
Offtopic: I've been codin' for a looong time trying to do everything programmatically, never using xibs, etc. Well, if you ask me now, xibs really save your time and make life easier. Consider using interface builder for layout\autolayout, colors\borders etc stuff.

Should we add UITableView in initializer or layoutsubviews method in iOS?

I am designing a Custom UIView for my app.
The UIView will comprise of below components:
UISearchbar
UITableView
My initialiser is below:
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
_searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
_tableView = [[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
_tableView.dataSource = self;
[super addSubView:_searchBar];
[super addSubView:_tableView];
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
I am planning to set the frame of the _searchBar and _tableView in layoutsubviews method.
But I think think the way I have added the _tableView to super is wrong. Because the moment the _tableView is added to subview the data source methods of the _tableView will be triggered. And this happens even before the creation of the custom class itself.
Is this a correct design?
Can I add just _tableView alone in layoutSubviews as in below manner?
-(void)layoutSubViews{
//Adjust frame
[_tableView removeFromSuperView];
[self addSubView:_tableView];
}
You shouldn't be assigning the UITableViewDataSource in the view. It should be assigned in the ViewController.
You're right. There is no restriction on it. But your question is about design. Imagine something like this:
#implementation CustomViewController
- (void)loadView {
customView = [[CustomView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
customView.tableView.dataSource = self;
customView.tableView.delegate = self;
}
With a ViewController, you can control when you initialize your custom view and control when its tableView loads the data. While you can certainly put all of this code into your customView, you will be running into problems much worse than the one you are asking about now.
You should definitely add it in init, because layout sub-views will get called each time you view will resize and will need to re-layout its sub-views.
Layout subviews method is strictly use as a callback telling you that your view will layout, and is used as an override point for any additional layout you wish to make.
Also, as an additional note, it's not good design adding the view using super.

How to access subviews in View's initWithCoder method

I have a custom view which contains two UILabel. I want to customize their fonts before so I did that in initWithCoder method.
#implementation HomeTitleView
#synthesize ticketLabel;
#synthesize monthLabel;
- (id) initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder{
self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
if (self) {
[monthLabel setFont:[UIFactory getFontForKey:#"home_month"]];
[ticketLabel setFont:[UIFactory getFontForKey:#"home_ticket"]];
}
return self;
}
#end
Unluckily, this did not work. Using a debugger, I found that monthLabel and ticketLabel are both nil. Anyone has idea how can I solve this? What callback or method I should implement so that I can access both of my labels?
You can't do that. The views don't exist yet. They are instantiated when the loadView method is called, which happens automatically when the view property is first accessed. If you want to manipulate your views after they have loaded, the correct method to use is viewDidLoad.
Edit: That's assuming you are working with a UIViewController class. If you are working with a UIView class, you can use awakeFromNib or didAddSubview:.
Do you ever assign monthLabel and ticketLabel to UILabel? Something like:
self.monthLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] init] autorelease];
self.ticketLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] init] autorelease];
If so, can you update your post with the code?

UIView and UIViewController

I know this is really basic stuff but i need to understand whether my understanding of this is correct.
So what i want to do is this. I want an view with a label on which when double tapped flips and loads another view. On the second view i want a UIPickerView and above i have a button saying back. Both views will be of same size as an UIPickerView which is 320px x 216px.
What i am thinking of to do is create two UIViewclasses named labelView and pickerView. I would then create a viewController which on loadView loads labelView then when user double taps the labelView i get an event in labelView class which is sent to my viewController that then can unload loadView and load the pickerView.
Does this sound as the best way to do this ? Is there a simpler way ? I am also unsure how i route the event from the labelView class to the viewControllerclass.
I dont exactly know the most efficient way to do it(as i am also now to this language),but it is for sure that i have solved ur problem. I made a simple program for that.Three classes involved here in my eg are BaseViewController (which will show two views),LabelView and PickerView (according to ur requirement).
In LabelView.h
#protocol LabelViewDelegate
-(void)didTapTwiceLabelView;
#end
#interface LabelView : UIView {
id <LabelViewDelegate> delegate;
}
#property(nonatomic,retain)id <LabelViewDelegate> delegate;
-(void)didTouch;
#end
In LabelView.m
#synthesize delegate;
-(id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self)
{
UILabel* labl = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 5, frame.size.width-20,20)];
labl.text = #"Some Text";
[self addSubview:labl];
[labl release]; labl = nil;
self.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
UITapGestureRecognizer* ges = [[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(didTouch)] autorelease];
ges.numberOfTapsRequired = 2;
[self addGestureRecognizer:ges];
}
return self;
}
-(void)didTouch
{
[delegate didTapTwiceLabelView];
}
//=============================================================
In Pickerview.h
#protocol PickerViewDelegate
-(void)didTapBackButton;
#end
#interface PickerView : UIView <UIPickerViewDelegate,UIPickerViewDataSource>{
id <PickerViewDelegate> delegate;
}
#property(nonatomic,retain)id <PickerViewDelegate> delegate;
#end
In Pickerview.m
#implementation PickerView
#synthesize delegate;
-(id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self)
{
UIPickerView* picker = [[UIPickerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 30, 320, 216)];
picker.delegate = self;
picker.dataSource = self;
[self addSubview:picker];
[picker release]; picker = nil;
self.frame = CGRectMake(frame.origin.x, frame.origin.y, 320, 250);
UIButton* btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[btn setFrame:CGRectMake(10, 1, 50, 27)];
[btn setTitle:#"Back" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn addTarget:self action:#selector(backButton) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self addSubview:btn];
}
return self;
}
-(void)backButton
{
[delegate didTapBackButton];
}
//====================================================================
in BaseViewController.h
#import "LabelView.h"
#import "PickerView.h"
#interface VarticalLabel : UIViewController<UITextFieldDelegate,PickerViewDelegate,LabelViewDelegate> {
PickerView* myPickerView;
LabelView* myLabelView;
}
#end
In BaseViewController.m
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
myPickerView= [[PickerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 50, 320, 250)];
[self.view addSubview:myPickerView];
myPickerView.delegate = self;
myLabelView= [[LabelView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 50, 320, 250)];
[self.view addSubview:myLabelView];
myLabelView.delegate = self;
myPickerView.hidden = YES;
}
#pragma mark PickerViewDelgate
-(void)didTapBackButton
{
myPickerView.hidden = YES;
myLabelView.hidden = NO;
}
#pragma mark LabelViewDelegate
-(void)didTapTwiceLabelView
{
myPickerView.hidden = NO;
myLabelView.hidden = YES;
}
To get events from a button to the view controller, just hook up the button's event, e.g. touch up inside, to a method in the view controller, using interface builder. (Double tapping is probably more complicated though.)
When you say 'flips', do you mean it actually shows an animation of flipping over a view to show a 'reverse' side? Like in the weather app when you hit the 'i' button? I'm assuming this is what you mean.
Perhaps check TheElements sample example on the iPhone Reference Library, it has an example of flip animation.
Btw, it's not strictly necessary to unload the loadView that is being 'hidden' when you flip -- it saves you having to construct it again when you flip back -- but it may be pertinent if you have memory use concerns, and/or the system warns you about memory being low.
Also, what do you mean by "create a UIView"? Do you mean subclass UIView, or just instantiate a UIVIew and add children view objects to it? The latter is the usual strategy. Don't subclass UIView just because you want to add some things to a UIView.
If you've got one screen of information that gives way to another screen of information, you'd normally make them separate view controllers. So in your case you'd have one view controller with the label and upon receiving the input you want, you'd switch to the view controller composed of the UIPickerView and the button.
Supposing you use Interface Builder, you would probably have a top level XIB (which the normal project templates will have provided) that defines the app delegate and contains a reference to the initial view controller in a separate XIB (also supplied). In the separate XIB you'd probably want to add another view controller by reference (so, put it in, give it the class name but indicate that its description is contained in another file) and in that view controller put in the picker view and the button.
The point of loadView, as separate from the normal class init, is to facilitate naming and linking to an instance in one XIB while having the layout defined in another. View controllers are alloced and inited when something that has a reference to them is alloced and inited. But the view is only loaded when it is going to be presented, and may be unloaded and reloaded while the app is running (though not while it is showing). Generally speaking, views will be loaded when needed and unnecessary views will be unloaded upon a low memory warning. That's all automatic, even if you don't put anything in the XIBs and just create a view programmatically within loadView or as a result of viewDidLoad.
I've made that all sound more complicated than your solution, but it's actually simpler because of the amount you can do in Interface Builder, once you're past the curve of learning it. It may actually be worth jumping straight to the Xcode 4 beta, as it shakes things up quite a lot in this area and sites have reported that a gold master was seeded at one point, so is likely to become the official thing very soon.
With respect to catching the double tap, the easiest thing is a UITapGestureRecognizer (see here). You'd do something like:
// create a tap gesture recogniser, tell it to send events to this instance
// of this class, and to send them via the 'handleGesture:' message, which
// we'll implement below...
UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]
initWithTarget:self action:#selector(handleGesture:)];
// we want double taps
tapGestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 2;
// attach the gesture recogniser to the view we want to catch taps on
[labelView addGestureRecognizer:tapGestureRecognizer];
// we have an owning reference to the recogniser but have now given it to
// the label. We don't intend to talk to it again without being prompted,
// so should relinquish ownership
[tapGestureRecognizer release];
/* ... elsewhere ... */
// the method we've nominated to receive gesture events
- (void)handleGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
// could check 'gestureRecognizer' against tapGestureRecognizer above if
// we set the same message for multiple recognisers
// just make sure we're getting this because the gesture occurred
if(gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateRecognized)
{
// do something to present the other view
}
}
Gesture recognisers are available as of iOS 3.2 (which was for iPad only; so iOS 4.0 on iPhone and iPod Touch).

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