Can't dynamically create my custom cells on UITableView - iphone

Question

I'm trying to create a UITableView in a UIViewController (I'd use UITableViewController but I want the UITableView to only use half of the screen space) that will create a new custom cell every time I press a button, and display the current time in that cell and the time since the last time I pressed the button (so the time in this cell minus the time in the cell above it).
The problem is, when I press the button, either nothing happens or, if I don't initialise the property I created for the UITableView, a blank cell appears.
My cell has 3 UILabel's in it, inOut, entryTime and delta, and the IBOutlet I created for the UITableView is timeTable. newEntry is the button. I have set my UITableView's datasource and delegate to my UIViewController, have "called" the protocols UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate on my UIViewController's header. I can't find what's wrong.
here's my code for the UIViewController:
#interface MainViewController ()
#property (strong, nonatomic) Brain *brain;
#end
#implementation MainViewController{
#private
NSMutableArray *_entryArray;
NSMutableArray *_timeSinceLastEntryArray;
}
#synthesize brain=_brain;
#synthesize timeTable=_timeTable;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
_brain = [[Brain alloc] init];
_entryArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
_timeSinceLastEntryArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
_timeTable = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
return 1;
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return [_entryArray count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString *CellIdentifier= #"Cell";
CustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
if (indexPath.row%2==0){
cell.inOut.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Entrada %d", indexPath.row/2 +1];
cell.entryTime.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [_entryArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
if (indexPath.row==0){
cell.delta.text=#"";
}
else {
cell.delta.text = [_timeSinceLastEntryArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
}
else{
cell.inOut.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Saída %d", (indexPath.row+1)/2];
cell.entryTime.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[_entryArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
cell.delta.text = [_timeSinceLastEntryArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
return cell;
}
- (IBAction)newEntry:(id)sender {
[_entryArray addObject:[self.brain currentTime]];
NSInteger numberOfEntrys= [_entryArray count];
if (numberOfEntrys >1){
NSString *timeSinceLastEntry = [_brain timeSince:[_entryArray objectAtIndex:(numberOfEntrys-2)]];
[_timeSinceLastEntryArray addObject:timeSinceLastEntry];
}
else {
[_timeSinceLastEntryArray addObject:#"0"];
}
[_timeTable reloadData];
}
#end
and for CustomCell:
#implementation CustomCell
- (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
}
#synthesize inOut=_inOut, entryTime=_entryTime, delta=_delta;
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier {
if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier]) {
// Initialization code
_inOut = [[UILabel alloc]init];
_inOut.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
_entryTime = [[UILabel alloc]init];
_entryTime.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
_delta = [[UILabel alloc]init];
_delta.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
[self.contentView addSubview:_entryTime];
[self.contentView addSubview:_inOut];
[self.contentView addSubview:_delta];
}
return self;
}
#end
Thanks for the help :)

Answer 1

I see you put the initialize code in
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
But you create object with
cell = [[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
and you did not provided the Frame to the view that you created
_inOut = [[UILabel alloc]init];
_entryTime = [[UILabel alloc]init];
_delta = [[UILabel alloc]init];
Hope it helps you