UITableView - methods are not being called - iphone

Question

I have a subview in which I build a UITableview, I've set the delegate and datasource to the subview but for some reason the table methods are not being called...can someone look over my code and see what I am doing wrong? Thanks
.h file
#interface TwitterController : UIView <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource> {
UIButton* btnCloseView;
UITableView* tblTweets;
UIImageView* imgTwitterIcon;
ColorController* colorManager;
NSMutableArray* tweetsArray;
NSMutableArray* tableData;
NSString* twitterID;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString* twitterID;
- (NSMutableArray* ) getTweets;
- (void) sendNotification : (id) sender;
#end
.m file
#import "TwitterController.h"
#implementation TwitterController
#synthesize twitterID;
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
colorManager = [ColorController new];
}
return self;
}
/*- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
}*/
- (void)layoutSubviews {
imgTwitterIcon = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"imgTwitterBird"]];
CGRect twitterIconFrame = [imgTwitterIcon frame];
twitterIconFrame.origin.x = 50.0;
twitterIconFrame.origin.y = 20.0;
tblTweets = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50.0, 25.0, 220.0, 500.0)];
tblTweets.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine;
tblTweets.separatorColor = [colorManager setColor:176.0:196.0:222.0];
tblTweets.layer.borderWidth = 1.0;
tblTweets.rowHeight = 20.0;
tblTweets.scrollEnabled = YES;
tblTweets.delegate = self;
tblTweets.dataSource = self;
tableData = [self getTweets];
UIImage* imgCloseButton = [UIImage imageNamed:#"btnCloseWindow.png"];
CGSize imageSize = imgCloseButton.size;
btnCloseView = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(220.0, 550.0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height)];
[btnCloseView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"btnCloseWindow.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btnCloseView addTarget:self action:#selector(sendNotification:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self addSubview:tblTweets];
[self addSubview:imgTwitterIcon];
[self addSubview:btnCloseView];
}
- (NSMutableArray*) getTweets {
//array to hold tweets
tweetsArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
twitterID = #"Pruit_Igoe";
///set up a NSURL to the twitter API
NSURL* twitterAPI = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?include_entities=true&include_rts=true&screen_name=%#&count=10", twitterID]];
//get last 10 tweets (max is 20)
TWRequest *twitterRequest = [[TWRequest alloc] initWithURL:twitterAPI
parameters:nil requestMethod:TWRequestMethodGET];
// Notice this is a block, it is the handler to process the response
[twitterRequest performRequestWithHandler:^(NSData *responseData, NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse, NSError *error) {
if ([urlResponse statusCode] == 200) {
// The response from Twitter is in JSON format
// Move the response into a dictionary and print
NSError *error;
NSDictionary *tweetsDict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:responseData options:0 error:&error];
for(NSDictionary* thisTweetDict in tweetsDict) {
[tweetsArray addObject:[thisTweetDict objectForKey:#"text"]];
}
}
else
NSLog(#"Twitter error, HTTP response: %i", [urlResponse statusCode]);
}];
return tweetsArray;
}
#pragma mark Table Management
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return [tableData count];
NSLog(#"%i", [tableData count]); //does not log!
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return [tableData count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"tableCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:66.0/255.0 green:66.0/255.0 blue:66.0/255.0 alpha:1];
cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size: 13.0];
cell.textLabel.text = [tweetsArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
CGRect cellFrame = [cell frame];
cellFrame.size.height = 25.0;
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSString* thisTweet = [tableData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
#pragma mark Close Window
- (void) sendNotification : (id) sender {
NSMutableDictionary* userData = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[userData setObject:#"closeTwitter" forKey:#"theEvent"];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"theMessenger" object:self userInfo: userData];
}
#end

Answer 1

I think you are not allocate and initialize tableData. Write it tableData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; in - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame method or - (void)layoutSubviews method. Just try it.
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
NSLog(#"%i", [tableData count]);
return [tableData count];
//NSLog(#"%i", [tableData count]); //does not log!
}
If the output is zero, tableData array is empty. Check it tableData array

Answer 2

You should do all the initialization (tblTweets for example) in initWithFrame:.
layoutSubviews is ment for laying out subviews.
In fact your code will (should) work if you move all the code fromLayoutSubviews to initWithFrame:. You can then move parts of the code (the laying out part) back.
EDIT: when you move initializing code you will probably also have to add [tblTweets reloadData]; right after tableData = [self getTweets];