Getting/Setting UITextField value in a table cell - iphone

Question

For my current project i need to have a table in which contains textfield in each cell, the number of cells and textfield must be dynamic, it's depends on the number of data in a MutuableArray. I have the textfield in cells working, but i can't get/set the textfield value. I wonder if you guys can help me out or at least correct me what I did wrong? Thank's alot in advance. See code snippets below:
// Adds textfield into cell
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
NSUInteger row = indexPath.row;
X10ArchiefIndexDefs *curIndex = [indexDefinities objectAtIndex:row];
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
BOOL bShowSelection = ([curIndex.HasVasteWaarden isEqualToString:#"false"]);
if (bShowSelection) {
bShowSelection = !([curIndex.DataType isEqualToString:#"Datum"]);
}
if ([indexPath section] == 0) {
if (bShowSelection) {
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
} else {
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton;
}
UITextField *editField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110, 10, 185, 30)];
editField.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
editField.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
editField.placeholder = curIndex.Naam;
editField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
editField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyNext;
editField.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
editField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo; // no auto correction support
editField.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone; // no auto capitalization support
editField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
editField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever; // no clear 'x' button to the right
editField.tag = [curIndex.UID intValue];
[editField setEnabled: YES];
[cell addSubview:editField];
[editField release];
}
}
return cell;
}
In some case i'm using popovercontroller to display list of data. User can select a value uit of the popup. This code is executed when there is a value selected:
- (void)selectedValue:(NSString *) value {
//---update value of the text field ---
//The first attempt it doesn't put the text to text field
//static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
//UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
//
//if (cell == nil) {
// cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
//}
// second attempt it crashes
X10ArchiefIndexDefs *curIndex = [indexDefinities objectAtIndex:curRow.row];
int index = [curIndex.UID intValue];
UITextField *textField = (UITextField *) [curCell viewWithTag: index];
if (textField) {
[textField setText:value];
}
[textField release];
[self.popOverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}
When cell is selected I'm making sure that the cell is saved for use later.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
X10ArchiefIndexDefs *curIndex = [indexDefinities objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if (!curIndex) {
return;
}
curRow = indexPath; // saves the selected row
if ([curIndex.VasteWaarden count] > 0) {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
curCell = cell; // saves the selected cell
CGRect frame = [cell.superview convertRect:cell.frame toView:self.view];
self.detailViewController = [[DetailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DetailViewController" bundle:nil];
detailViewController.delegate = self;
self.popOverController = [[[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:detailViewController] autorelease];
X10ArchiefIndexDefs *curIndex = [indexDefinities objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
self.detailViewController.Values = curIndex.VasteWaarden;
[self.popOverController presentPopoverFromRect:frame inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];
}
}
Again thank's alot in advance.
Cheers,
Inoel

Answer 1

In the second code snippet you are releasing the textField. You shouldn't do this because you haven't retained it. Because viewWithTag: simple gets a reference to the text field it doesn't retain the textField. So you are releasing it more times that it has been retained, so the retainCount reaches 0 and the textfield is dealloced from memory. Then when you attempt it the second time there is no textfield in the memory.
Just remove the:
[textField release];
From the second code snippet. If you don't understand why, then read some articles about memory management (just google it). It takes some time to understand it fully, at least I know it took me a while :)