iPhone TableView Search XML - iphone

Question

I have a question about adding XML to the searchbar in a tableview. I can get all the external XML file to load in the tableview, but when I hit the searchbar up top, and hit a letter, it crashes.
I think it's something really simple that I'm doing wrong. In my RootViewController, there's a function called searchTableView. I feel like that's where it's not picking up the search items. I think it's somewhere around the objectForKey:#"title". When I debug, I get this error message also: "NSCFArray objectForKey unrecognized selector". Here's my searchTableView function:
- (void) searchTableView {
NSString *searchText = searchBar.text;
NSMutableArray *searchArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSDictionary *dictionary in listOfItems)
{
NSArray *array = [dictionary objectForKey:#"title"];
[searchArray addObjectsFromArray:array];
}
for (NSString *sTemp in searchArray)
{
NSRange titleResultsRange = [sTemp rangeOfString:searchText options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
if (titleResultsRange.length > 0)
[copyListOfItems addObject:sTemp];
}
[searchArray release];
searchArray = nil;
}

Answer 1

Ok figured it out. For some reason this was really hard to find documentation how to do this.
Here's my RootViewController.m below.
My pList is configured as:
Root (Array)
Item0 (Dictionary)
Name (String)
Item1 (Dictionary)
Name (String)..
Here's my code, hopefully this helps anyone else looking for help on this:
#implementation RootViewController
#synthesize listOfItems, copyListOfItems;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
//Initialize the array.
NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"plistArray" ofType:#"plist"];
NSMutableArray* tmpArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
self.listOfItems = tmpArray;
[tmpArray release];
//Initialize the copy array.
copyListOfItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
//Set the title
self.navigationItem.title = #"Search";
//Add the search bar
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = searchBar;
searchBar.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
searching = NO;
letUserSelectRow = YES;
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; // Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview
// Release anything that's not essential, such as cached data
}
#pragma mark Table view methods
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
if (searching)
return 1;
else
return 1;
}
// Customize the number of rows in the table view.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
if (searching)
return [copyListOfItems count];
else {
//Number of rows it should expect should be based on the section
return [listOfItems count];
}
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//Get the selected country
NSString *selectedCountry = nil;
if(searching)
selectedCountry = [copyListOfItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
else {
// Navigation logic may go here. Create and push another view controller.
}
NSDictionary *dictionary = [self.listOfItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
FoodDetail *dvController = [[FoodDetail alloc] initWithNibName:#"FoodDetail" bundle:nil andDictionary: dictionary];
// Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
[self.navigationController pushViewController:dvController animated:YES];
[dvController release];
}
// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
// Set up the cell...
if(searching)
cell.textLabel.text = [copyListOfItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
else {
cell.textLabel.text = [[self.listOfItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]
objectForKey:#"Name"];
}
return cell;
}
- (NSIndexPath *)tableView :(UITableView *)theTableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if(letUserSelectRow)
return indexPath;
else
return nil;
}
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Search Bar
- (void) searchBarTextDidBeginEditing:(UISearchBar *)theSearchBar {
//This method is called again when the user clicks back from the detail view.
//So the overlay is displayed on the results, which is something we do not want to happen.
if(searching)
return;
//Add the overlay view.
if(ovController == nil)
ovController = [[OverlayViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"OverlayView" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
CGFloat yaxis = self.navigationController.navigationBar.frame.size.height;
CGFloat width = self.view.frame.size.width;
CGFloat height = self.view.frame.size.height;
//Parameters x = origion on x-axis, y = origon on y-axis.
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, yaxis, width, height);
ovController.view.frame = frame;
ovController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
ovController.view.alpha = 0.5;
ovController.rvController = self;
[self.tableView insertSubview:ovController.view aboveSubview:self.parentViewController.view];
searching = YES;
letUserSelectRow = NO;
self.tableView.scrollEnabled = NO;
//Add the done button.
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone
target:self action:#selector(doneSearching_Clicked:)] autorelease];
}
- (void)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)theSearchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText {
//Remove all objects first.
[copyListOfItems removeAllObjects];
if([searchText length] > 0) {
[ovController.view removeFromSuperview];
searching = YES;
letUserSelectRow = YES;
self.tableView.scrollEnabled = YES;
[self searchTableView];
}
else {
[self.tableView insertSubview:ovController.view aboveSubview:self.parentViewController.view];
searching = NO;
letUserSelectRow = NO;
self.tableView.scrollEnabled = NO;
}
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
- (void) searchBarSearchButtonClicked:(UISearchBar *)theSearchBar {
[self searchTableView];
}
- (void) searchTableView {
NSString *searchText = searchBar.text;
NSMutableArray *searchArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSDictionary *dictionary in listOfItems)
{
NSString *text1 = [dictionary objectForKey:#"Name"];
[searchArray addObject:text1];
}
NSLog(#"%s: searchArray=%#", __func__, searchArray);
for (NSString *sTemp in searchArray)
{
NSRange titleResultsRange = [sTemp rangeOfString:searchText options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
if (titleResultsRange.length > 0)
[copyListOfItems addObject:sTemp];
}
[searchArray release];
searchArray = nil;
}
- (void) doneSearching_Clicked:(id)sender {
searchBar.text = #"";
[searchBar resignFirstResponder];
letUserSelectRow = YES;
searching = NO;
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = nil;
self.tableView.scrollEnabled = YES;
[ovController.view removeFromSuperview];
[ovController release];
ovController = nil;
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
- (void)dealloc {
[ovController release];
[copyListOfItems release];
[searchBar release];
[listOfItems release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end