Display Plist into UITableview - iphone

Question

I want to display Plist to the UITableView .By my below code I can display one key values that is list of states. but i want to display all the values of three tables.
- (id)readPlist:(NSString *)fileName
{
NSData *plistData;
NSString *error;
NSPropertyListFormat format;
id plist;
NSString *localizedPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:fileName ofType:#"plist"];
plistData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:localizedPath];
plist = [NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListFromData:plistData mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListImmutable format:&format errorDescription:&error];
if (!plist) {
NSLog(#"Error reading plist from file '%s', error = '%s'", [localizedPath UTF8String], [error UTF8String]);
}
return plist;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
return [[[self readPlist:#"sample"] objectForKey:#"ListOfStates"] count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
cell.textLabel.text = [[[self readPlist:#"sample"] objectForKey:#"ListOfStates"] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;}
MY output comes only listofkeystates values
is it also possible to display key name with values

Answer 1

Maybe use table sections...
-(NSInteger) numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
NSDictionary* dict = [self readPlist:#"sample"];
return dict.allKeys.count;
}
-(NSString*) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSDictionary* dict = [self readPlist:#"sample"];
return [dict.allKeys objectAtIndex:section];
}
-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSDictionary* dict = [self readPlist:#"sample"];
NSString* key = [dict.allKeys objectAtIndex:section];
return [[dict valueForKey:key] count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSDictionary* dict = [self readPlist:#"sample"];
NSString* key = [dict.allKeys objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
cell.textLabel.text = [[dict objectForKey:key] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}

Answer 2

just try to get data in NSDictionary and NSArray and then use it in UITableView
NSString *file = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"sample" ofType:#"plist"];
NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:file];
and use tableValue with its name like bellow...
NSArray *array = [dict objectForKey:#"ListOfStates"];
NSLog(#"%#", array);
i hope this help you..

Answer 3

EDIT : Corrected some typo mistakes
The idea
Loading plist in a dictonary
optional : sort it (!)
create the array of data for each section
create the array of section
Then implement the following things
viewDid load -> load the plist file in a dictionary, create an array of the sections and a dictionary of the data
numberOfSectionsInTableView -> the number of sections. In your case the number of keys
numberOfRowsInSection -> the number of rows of each section
titleForHeaderInSection -> for each section, the title of the section
cellForRowAtIndexPath -> the data of all row
sectionIndexTitlesForTableView -> the array that holds all you sections names. In your case all the keys
assuming you have a property called mySections and a property called myData
also assuming you use storyboard with standard cell with recycle identifier "Cell"
#synthesize mySections
#synthesize myData
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//LOADING THE PLIST FILE
//Create a string representing the file path
NSString *plistPath = [bundle pathForResource:#"yourFilename" ofType:#"plist"];
//Load the file in a dictionnary
NSDictionary *dict = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:plistPath];
self.myData = dict;
//SORTING THE DICTIONARY
NSArray *dicoArray = [[self.myData allKeys] sortedArrayUsingComparator:^(id firstObject, id secondObject) {
return [((NSString *)firstObject) compare:((NSString *)secondObject) options: NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
}];
self.mySections = dicoArray;
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
//Return the number of sections.
return [self.mySections count];
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
NSString *key = [self.mySections objectAtIndex:section];
NSArray *dataInSection = [self.myData objectForKey:key];
return [dataInSection count];
}
-(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSString *key = [self.mySections objectAtIndex:section];
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", key];
}
-(NSArray *)sectionIndexTitlesForTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return self.mySections;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSUInteger section = [indexPath section];
NSUInteger row = [indexPath row];
NSString *key = [self.mySections objectAtIndex:section];
NSArray *dataForSection = [self.myData objectForKey:key];
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.textLabel.text = [dataForSection objectAtIndex:row];
return cell;
}