iOS - Displaying an array of objects inside of a single cell - repeatedly - iphone

Question

I have not found any good resource on here so I thought it would be great to get this up and out there... and stop me from pulling my hair out.
Acting like the app "Agenda" (calendar app) - I have a tableview with each cell representing a day. The next step is to place the eventsArray inside the appropriate cell - through cellForRowAtIndexPath.
I am only familiar with displaying the eventsArray with sections and rows - using each indexPath to represent an event... not an array of events. (Below I posted working code for others looking for help in that department, and as a reference).
It would be great if someone could put up some code to execute the eventsArray inside a single cell - I'm assuming it is a use of the cellForRowAtIndexPath I am not familiar with. Thank you in advance. Any questions just shoot.
{
#pragma mark - TableView stuff
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
A1Section *a1section = [self.sections objectAtIndex:section];
return [a1section.rows count];
}
-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return [self.sections count];
}
-(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
A1Section *a1section = [self.sections objectAtIndex:section];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"EEEE, MMM d, yyyy"];
NSString *myDateString = [formatter stringFromDate:a1section.date];
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", myDateString];
}
-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 47;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
return 75;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UILabel *timeLabel = nil;
UILabel *nameLabel = nil;
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
timeLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(11.0, 13.0, 55.0, 15.0)];
[timeLabel setTag:1];
[timeLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
timeLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
[timeLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:14]];
[timeLabel setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[timeLabel setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByClipping];
[timeLabel setNumberOfLines:1];
[cell.contentView addSubview:timeLabel];
nameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(85.0, 11.0, 200.0, 20.0)]; //x = 80.0, width = 235
[nameLabel setTag:2];
[nameLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
nameLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
[nameLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:17]];
[nameLabel setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[nameLabel setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail];
[nameLabel setNumberOfLines:1];
[cell.contentView addSubview:nameLabel];
} else {
timeLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:1];
nameLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:2];
}
A1Section *a1section = [self.sections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
PFObject *object = [a1section.rows objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSDate *someDate = [object objectForKey:#"startDate"];
NSString *time = [self.dateFormatter stringFromDate:someDate];
[(UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:1] setText:time];
[(UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:2] setText:[object objectForKey:#"textContent"]];
return cell;
}
}

Answer 1

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but I presume you're asking how to use an array's contents for display in cellForRowAtIndexPath. If so, you would just have an array property that contains the data you want. Then, in cellForRowAtIndexPath, you can do something like
NSString *name = [self.dataArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
nameLabel.text = name;
Does that answer your question?