Having a table view as input view? - iphone

Question

I am still struggling with the sign up page for my iphone app - at the moment I am having problems with the gender field.
My idea was that when the user presses the gender field, a table view containing "Male" and "Female" slides up from the bottom and the user then puts a checkmark next to his actual gender. I do not really understand how to correctly obtain this gender table view though.
Currently I have my GenderTableViewCell which points to both a user interaction enabled label and a GenderTableViewController and then I have set the input view of the first to the table view of the latter. In this way a table with "Male" and "Female" actually do slide up when the gender field is touched but as the table is not in grouped style as I specified it to be in GenderTableViewController.xib I have a feeling that I am not on the right track!!
I have been googling and googling but have not been able to find any similar examples - maybe it is not nice to have a table view sliding up? Should I use a UIPicker instead?

Answer 1

I would use a UIPicker instead. It's going to be much easier to implement, and it is a far more standard experience for the user.

Answer 2

-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
[tableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[tableView setSeparatorStyle:UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone];
return 2;
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)table numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 1;
}
-(CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return 35;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexpath // set row value for table
{
UITableViewCell *cell=[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"anycell"];
if(cell == nil)
{
cell=[[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:#"anycell"] autorelease];
/// UIImageView *imgView=[[[UIImageView alloc] init] autorelease];
// UIImage *img;
CGRect frame;
frame.origin.x=10;
frame.origin.y=5;
frame.size.width=280;
if(indexpath.section ==0)
{
//img=[UIImage imageNamed:#"textbox1.png"];
frame.size.height=27;
txtname=[[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
txtname.delegate=self;
txtname.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:211.0/255 green:236.0/255.0 blue:245.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
txtname.placeholder=#"User Name";
[txtname setAutocorrectionType:UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo];
[txtname setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeURL];
[cell.contentView addSubview:txtname];
}
else if(indexpath.section == 1)
{
frame.size.height=27;
txtpassword=[[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
txtpassword.delegate=self;
txtpassword.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:211.0/255 green:236.0/255.0 blue:245.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
txtpassword.secureTextEntry=TRUE;
txtpassword.placeholder=#"Password";
[cell.contentView addSubview:txtpassword];
}
else
{
frame.size.height=27;
//frame.size.width=200;
btnSave=[[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
[btnSave setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"user-save.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btnSave addTarget:self action:#selector(saveClicked) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[cell.contentView addSubview:btnSave];
}
}
if(indexpath.section == 0)
txtname.text=appDelegate.setObj.username;
else if(indexpath.section == 1)
txtpassword.text=appDelegate.setObj.password;
UIImageView *imgView=[[[UIImageView alloc] init] autorelease];
imgView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"textbox1.png"];
cell.backgroundView =imgView;
cell.selectionStyle=UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
return cell;
}