TableView is not loading data? - iphone

Question

In my Map application I have segment controller on main screen and using that I have Map View & tableview(both are UIView). I have tried everything but my data is not loading in my tableview. Here is my tableview code. Here marker is attribute in my xml file which contain Showroom name and Iam able to parse this.
.h file
#interface HViewController : UIViewController<UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate> {
UITableView *_tableView;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView *_tableView;
#end
.m file
Edited = with ViewWillAppear,viewDieLoad, segement action method
#synthesize tableView;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
appDelegate = (HAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[segmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(segmentAction:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
}
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
self._tableView.rowHeight = 80.0;
[_tableView reloadData];
}
-(void)segmentAction:(id)sender;{
UISegmentedControl* segCtl = sender ;
if( [segCtl selectedSegmentIndex] == 0 )
{
NSLog(#"segmentAction mapView");
mapView.hidden = NO;
_tableView.hidden = YES;
//[ self.view addSubview:mapView] ; // adding view to segmentindex 0
}
if( [segCtl selectedSegmentIndex] == 1 )
{
NSLog(#"segmentAction _tableview");
_tableView.hidden = NO;
mapView.hidden = YES;
//[ self.view addSubview:_tableview] ;
}
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
// Customize the number of rows in the table view.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSLog(#"appDelegate.markers _tableview");
return [appDelegate.markers count];
}
//method to print row(showroom count on Header)
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection: (NSInteger)section {
if(section == 0)
return [NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(#"ShowRooms[%d]", #"Showroom format"), [appDelegate.markers count]];
}
// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSUInteger const kShowroomNameLabelTag = 2;
UILabel *ShowroomNameLabel = nil;
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
ShowroomNameLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 1, 300, 20)] autorelease];
ShowroomNameLabel.tag = kShowroomNameLabelTag;
ShowroomNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18];
[cell.contentView addSubview:ShowroomNameLabel];
NSLog(#"UITableViewCell.markers _tableview");
}
else
{
ShowroomNameLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:kShowroomNameLabelTag];
}
marker *aMarker = [appDelegate.markers objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
//ShowroomNameLabel.text = aMarker.name;
ShowroomNameLabel.text= [NSString stringWithFormat:#"ShowroomName= %#", aMarker.name];
return cell;
}
In my tableview Header it shows data count correctly but not showing data.
I have connected delegate,datasource,_tableview to fileOwner of the HViewController in which I have put above code. Plz suggest something where I am wrong. I am parsing XML file and getting data in console alos I can show it on Map. But I am not able to load data in my tableview.

Answer 1

Try moving [_tableView reloadData] to viewWillAppear.
UITableViewController reloads the table view's data in viewWillAppear, not viewDidLoad. I can't tell you the exact reason for which this would make a difference, though I can think of several. Anyway, it's worth a try.
EDIT:
RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
If titleForHeaderInSection: is being called, then there is a data source connected to a table view. So, the problem is not a lack of a data source connection.
I am guessing you have 2 table views in your .xib file: a large one & a short one below it. The large table view is not connected to the data source, so it just displays blank lines. The short table view is connected to the data source. But, it is just tall enough for a header and has no space left to display any cells. Thus, titleForHeaderInSection: is called, but cellForRowAtIndexPath: is not because there is no space to display any cells.
Note that this is just a guess, but it is the only scenario I can think of that would cause the behavior you described. The code you posted looks ok, although a bit more complicated than necessary.
There is no question that reloadData should be in viewWillAppear. That's where the Apple engineers put it when they created the UITableViewController class. So, to put it elsewhere, you have to believe you know better than they do.