Calling a New View when selecting a Row in a 'UITableView' - iphone

Question

I am currently writing my first iPhone app, but have encountered an issue. I have a view which contains a UITableView. This is the first time that I have attempted this, and this is the behaviour that I am trying to achieve:
When the user selects one of the rows, I would like this to call a new view, taking the user to a different page displaying info in reference to what they have selected.
I have it currently, so when the user selects a row it displays a UIAlert in the same view, but this doesn;t suit my needs. I have set the UITableView up through interface builder, and inputted the following code into my .m file to set it up.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
//return the value
return 10;
}
//now we define the cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// Identifier for retrieving reusable cells.
static NSString *cellIdentifier = #"MyCellIdentifier";
// Attempt to request the reusable cell.
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
// No cell available - create one
if(cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
// Set the text of the cell to the row index.
cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"iPad %d", indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
This creates a list of ten rows. The following codes gives me my UIAlert when tapped, however, I want to remove this and make it call a new view of my choice;
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// Show an alert with the index selected.
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:#"iPad Selected"
message:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"iPad %d", indexPath.row]
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
}
Can anyone help with this last piece of code? the view I want it to call is called 'ProteinView'.

Answer 1

Alrighty, what we need to do is use one of the UITableView methods that are already readily available to us. We'll do the following.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
ProteinView *detailViewController = [[ProteinView alloc] initWithNibName:#"ProteinView" bundle:nil];
// It is here we'd pass information from the currently selected UITableViewCell to the ProteinView.
// An example of this is the following.
// I would do it like this, but others would differ slightly.
NSString *titleString = [[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"iPad %d",indexPath.row] autorelease];
// title is an object of detailViewController (ProteinView). In my own instances, I have always made a NSString which in viewDiDLoad is made the self.navigationBar.title string. Look below for what my ProteinView.m and .h would look like.
detailViewController.stringTitle = titleString;
// ...
// Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detailViewController animated:YES];
[detailViewController release];
}
EDIT
// -------- ProteinView.m -------- //
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
// Here we set the navigationItem.title to the stringTitle. stringTitle is declared in the .h. Think of it as a global scope variable. It is also propertised in the .h and then synthesized in the .m of ProteinView.
self.navigationItem.title = stringTitle;
}
I haven't compiled this, so I don't know if it'll fully work. But that is definitely the fastest and most easiest way to do it!

Answer 2

You could present the view modally like this
YourViewController2 *viewController2 = [[YourViewController2 alloc]initWithNibName:#"YourViewController2" bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:viewController2 animated:YES];
Do you have more than one view to present? If so you will need to create an array with the names, pass it into the tableview and then present the correct view for the row selected based on the indexPath.row.

Answer 3

you'll have to open your MainWindow.xib and add a navigation controller to it. Then add a navigation controller outlet to your app delegate and connect them. Then you'll need to set the navigation controller's view as your main window's view.
You can add a table view to any iPhone app fairly easily, just by creating a new UITableViewController subclass from the File -> New command.
Even if you go this route, I would suggest creating a new navigation-based project to use as a template/cheat-sheet.