Editing UITableViewController's UITableView in stroryboard - ios

Question

I've followed this Parse Tutorial to create a custom UITableViewController. I'd like to be able to edit the UITableView in storyboard. I thought somewhere in this tutorial I'd be linking the ViewController to a TableView, but I didn't have too. How can I access this TableView in stroyboard that is linked to this ViewController for UI editing?
Here is the ViewController code on GitHub.
Edit: This really has nothing to do with the Parse API. The tableview is not in the storyboard - this is the issue I'm trying to solve. The tutorial instructed me to add this to AppDelegate.m:
MyTableViewController *controller = [[MyTableViewController alloc] init];
self.window.rootViewController = controller;
And this to MyTableViewController.m:
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style];
if (self) {
// Custom the table
// The className to query on
self.className = #"Artists";
// The key of the PFObject to display in the label of the default cell style
self.keyToDisplay = #"artistName";
// Whether the built-in pull-to-refresh is enabled
self.pullToRefreshEnabled = YES;
// Whether the built-in pagination is enabled
self.paginationEnabled = YES;
// The number of objects to show per page
self.objectsPerPage = 50;
}
return self;
}
The app is running fine, but all I have in storyboard is a blank View. Do I need to create a TableView and link it to MyTableViewController? I'm guessing I would have to remove that self.window... code from AppDelegate.
Edit: Updated Code:
#import "MyTableViewController.h"
#implementation MyTableViewController
#synthesize tableView = _tableView;
#pragma mark - View lifecycle
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Custom the table
// The className to query on
self.className = #"Artists";
// The key of the PFObject to display in the label of the default cell style
self.keyToDisplay = #"artistName";
// Whether the built-in pull-to-refresh is enabled
self.pullToRefreshEnabled = YES;
// Whether the built-in pagination is enabled
self.paginationEnabled = YES;
// The number of objects to show per page
self.objectsPerPage = 50;
// Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations.
// self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;
// Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}
- (void)viewDidUnload
{
[self setTableView:nil];
[super viewDidUnload];
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
}
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
}
- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillDisappear:animated];
}
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation: (UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
// Return YES for supported orientations
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
#pragma mark - Parse
- (void)objectsDidLoad:(NSError *)error {
[super objectsDidLoad:error];
// This method is called every time objects are loaded from Parse via the PFQuery
}
- (void)objectsWillLoad {
[super objectsWillLoad];
// This method is called before a PFQuery is fired to get more objects
}
// Override to customize what kind of query to perform on the class. The default is to query for
// all objects ordered by createdAt descending.
- (PFQuery *)queryForTable {
PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:self.className];
// If no objects are loaded in memory, we look to the cache first to fill the table
// and then subsequently do a query against the network.
if ([self.objects count] == 0) {
// ** There are other caching options in Parse iOS guide
query.cachePolicy = kPFCachePolicyNetworkElseCache;
}
[query orderByDescending:#"tweetInfluence"];
return query;
}
// Override to customize the look of a cell representing an object. The default is to display
// a UITableViewCellStyleDefault style cell with the label being the first key in the object.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath object:(PFObject *)object {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell
cell.textLabel.text = [object objectForKey:#"artistName"];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Tweet Influence: %#", [object objectForKey:#"tweetInfluence"]];
return cell;
}
#pragma mark - Table view delegate
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[super tableView:tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}
#end

Answer 1

If you are using storyboards, then you should remove
MyTableViewController *controller = [[MyTableViewController alloc] init];
self.window.rootViewController = controller;
From the AppDelegate. With storyboards, the entry point of the app is controlled on the storyboard itself, represented by the right-facing arrow.
Also, as the code stands now, your app is calling the init function on your view controller, not the initWithStyle function. You should put the code that is currently in initWithStyle in your view controller's viewDidLoad function to ensure it will be called.