Assign a single array value to different sections in iPhone - iphone

I have a array (resultArray) which has 21 items of data in it. I want to display it in a 8 sectioned table with different row counts.
How to assign the value properly in all row? Both indexpath.row and section.row gives wrong values. How to assign a single array value to grouped table with more section?

It's up to you to map your data model to the table view, and you can do it any way that you want. If you have a flat array of items and want to map them into different sections of the table view, you'll have to know which offsets of the result data go into which sections of the table, but no one can do that for you automatically, because only you know the semantics of the data. You need some code that takes the section and row index and figures out which index into the results array needs to be returned.
If it's always 21 items and always the same mapping, then hardcoding the mapping in a table or a big bunch of if statements is probably fine. If it's dynamic then you'd need some other lookaside mapping table, depending on how you wanted to map.
Finally, as #iPortable suggests, you could also find a way to structure your results data appropriately, which makes the controller logic simple, depending on your data.

I would create a multi layer array for this. The first level would be the section count and the second level the row. The array would look something like this:
resultArray{
1 = {
1 = first row in first section,
2 = second row in first section
},
2 = {
1 = first row in second section,
2 = second row in second section
}
}
then you get the value from the array in your cellForRowAtIndexPath: as follows:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSArray *sectionArray = [returnArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
cell = [sectionArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}

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iphone - Create NSMutableDictionary filled with NSMutableArrays dynamically

I have an array of objects. Each object has property "date" and "title".
I want to populate sectioned UITableView with those items like:
Section 1 - 2012.06.12 (taken from object.date)
Cell 1.1: Title 1 (taken from object.name)
Cell 1.2: Title 2
Cell 1.3: Title 3
...
Section 2 - 2012.06.13
Cell 2.1: Title 1
Cell 2.2: Title 2
..
Section 3 ..
I can do that by manually creating 1..n NSMutableArrays for all date combinations and filling them with object.name values. But the problem is I do not know how many date combinations there are, so it should be done dynamically. Also, the date property can repeat in different objects
My object structure is:
Object
-NSDate - date
-NSString - title
UPD:
I was thinking if it is possible to create NSDictionary, where the key would be my date and the object would be NSArray, which contains all my items for the key-date. But I do not know how to do that dynamically.
I hope I explained my question clearly enough.
Thank you in advance!
You can create arrays based on date.You have array of objects, so iterate through this array of objects to get distinct dates, as follows:
for(int i =0;i<[objectsArr count];i++)
{
if(![newDateArr containsObject:[objectsArr objectAtIndex:i].date])
{
[newDateArr addObject:[objectsArr objectAtIndex:i].date];
}
NSMutableArray *newTitleArray = [newTitleDictionary objectForKey:#"[objectsArr objectAtIndex:i].date"];
if(newTitleArray != nil)
{
[newTitleArray addObject:[objectsArr objectAtIndex:i].title];
}
else
{
newTitleArray = [[[NSMutableArray alloc] init] autorelease];
[newTitleArray addObject:[objectsArr objectAtIndex:i].title];
}
[newTitleDictionary setValue:newTitleArray forKey:#"[objectsArr objectAtIndex:i].date"];
}
where newTitleDictionary and newDateArr are declare outside this method.Now you can use both is newTitleDictionary and newDateArr to populate tableview.
If I understand you correctly, you want to put an object into an array and then use that array to populate a table view?
Just add the date object each time to the NSMutableArray.
[myArray addObject:dateObject];
Then when it comes to populating the table view..
DateObject *newDateObj = [myArray objectAtIndex:index];
I hope this helps and I understood your question
EDIT To answer now I understand a bit more.
Step 1
Check through the existing array of dates and see if there are any that match maybe by iterating through it using a for loop. Search online for how to compare NSDate.
Step 2 If it doesn't match any then insert it into the array as an array with just that date on it's own so the array count will be one. If it does match then insert it into the array along with that one making the array count 2 or more.
Step 3 When it comes to declaring the section amount for the table just return the dateHolderArray count.
Step 4 When declaring the amount of rows in each section, return the array count for the array thats inside the dateHolderArray.
Step 5 Display the content when it comes to populating the cells with information. It becomes just a task of getting the dates from the arrays using the section ids and row ids.
This is how I would do it, there are probably many other methods. Any questions just ask

how to pass two array variable in one another array variable for searching in iphone

i have two array and i am inserting this two array another one array for displaying data on tableview cell but how to fetch name from first array and report from second array
for eg:
i am doing this
NSMutableArray *myArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:self.ListOfname,self.ListOfpeople,nil];
[self.list addObjectsFromArray:myArray];
In myArray i am passing two array first listofname and second listofpeople here i getting
proper but how to display two diffrent array value from one array variable on tableview cell
And my self.ListOfname array variable value is coming from this class Namecontrooler.m
And my self.ListOfpeople array variable value coming from this class Peoplecontroller.m
so my question is how to retrive this class value and print on tableview cell by one array
i am doing this on cell for row at indexpath this is right for display value
Namecontrooler*Name=(Namecontrooler*)[self.list objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
Peoplecontroller*people=(Peoplecontroller*)[self.list objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
here i not getting how to display both class value in on tableview cell please help me here how to do this
I think your self.list contains only two objects 1>ListOfName 2>ListOfPeople .So before accessing object at index of indexPath.row,First take out which object u want out of two and then with reference to indexPath.row take out object at particular object.

Having trouble with sections in UITableView

I have the following code in my search method that updates the tableview.
for (int x = 0; x < [array count]; x++) {
//network stuff here
self.searchedReservations = [aSearchObjectType objectsFromServerDictionaries:aResultsArray];
[self.aTableView reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:0] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
}
Each object in the array represent a section in my table, for most cases the count will be 4, so 4 sections.
Right now, the code is loading the same data for all sections in the table's cells. Instead of the unique data for each section of the table.
Here is the code that loads the cells. I'm missing some logic that maps the data to the right section of the table.
MyClass *object = [self.searchedReservations objectAtIndex:iIndexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = object.customerFullName;
I assume you have the code below in your 'cellForRowAtIndexPath' method:
MyClass *object = [self.searchedReservations objectAtIndex:iIndexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = object.customerFullName;
Tables are organised into sections, then within each section there are rows. The rows start at zero again for each section.
If you are on section 0, loading cell 0 this code above is not taking the section number into account, only the row number - so it is loading:
[self.searchedReservations objectAtIndex:0]
to populate the cell.
When you are on section 1, loading cell 0 in section one, you are retrieving exactly the same value because you are just using the row number. ie. you're still loading
[self.searchedReservations objectAtIndex:0]
You may think that you are changing the value of the 'searchedReservations' object between the loading of each section (this is what it looks like you're trying to do in the loop above) but I'm not sure that this is working (as the code the populate searchedReservation doesn't seem to do anything different in each loop counter). Also the first time the table loads it will run through all of the rows in all of the sections anyway.
I think you need to either use the indexPath.section field as well as the indexPath.row field at the time you are populating the cell to ensure you are setting the appropriate row in the appropriate section.
Also use the debugger to see whats going on in your cellForRowAtIndexPath method and in your loop and make sure that you are getting/using a different 'searchedReservations' object for each incrementation of the loop and that this matches the 'searchedReservations' object in the cellForRowAtIndexPath method.

How to create sectioned/grouped table view alphabetically

I am creating an app that parses huge xml file and gets the data into table view. The user can enter text into search bar to search the table view.
Now, i want to make the table view into a sectioned one that is grouped alphbetically. Sine the table view is huge and the search functionality is included i want to know how to make the table view into sections... Any tutorials or source will be of great help...
You must use a table view configured as an section index
See Table View Programming Guide for iOS
Populating an Indexed List
[...]An indexed list is a table view in the plain style that is specially configured through three UITableViewDataSource methods:
sectionIndexTitlesForTableView:
tableView:titleForHeaderInSection:
tableView:sectionForSectionIndexTitle:atIndex:
The first method returns an array of the strings to use as the index entries (in order), the second method maps these index strings to the titles of the table-view’s sections (they don’t have to be the same), and the third method returns the section index related to the entry the user tapped in the index.
The data that that you use to populate an indexed list should be organized to reflect this indexing model. Specifically, you need to build an array of arrays. Each inner array corresponds to a section in the table; section arrays are sorted (or collated) within the outer array according to the prevailing ordering scheme, which is often an alphabetical scheme (for example, A through Z). Additionally, the items in each section array are sorted. You could build and sort this array of arrays yourself, but fortunately the UILocalizedIndexedCollation class makes the tasks of building and sorting these data structures and providing data to the table view much easier. The class also collates items in the arrays according to the current localization.
You can get the sample project at https://github.com/shreeshgarg/sectiontable
First you have to sort the data using NSSortDescriptor, than create a dictionary which keys are first letter of data each key should have an array of records starting from same letter.
you can do it as
-(NSMutableDictionary *)fillingDictionary:(NSMutableArray *)ary
{
// This method has the real magic of this sample
// ary is the unsorted array
// keyArray should be global as you need to access it outside of this function
keyArray=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
[keyArray removeAllObjects];
NSMutableDictionary *dic=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
// First sort the array
[ary sortUsingSelector:#selector(compare:)];
// Get the first character of your string which will be your key
for(NSString *str in ary)
{
char charval=[str characterAtIndex:0];
NSString *charStr=[NSString stringWithUTF8String:&charval];
if(![keyArray containsObject:charStr])
{
NSMutableArray *charArray=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
[charArray addObject:str];
[keyArray addObject:charStr];
[dic setValue:charArray forKey:charStr];
}
else
{
NSMutableArray *prevArray=(NSMutableArray *)[dic valueForKey:charStr];
[prevArray addObject:str];
[dic setValue:prevArray forKey:charStr];
}
}
return dic;
}

iPhone UITableViewController move only specific rows in a table

I have implemented a standard UITableViewController. I have made only some rows in the table to be moveable, ie. canMoveRowAtIndexPath returns true only for some indexPaths (for rows in the first part of the table). I would like to allow exchange of only those rows that are moveable, ie. for which canMoveRowAtIndexPath returns true.
Eg. my table looks like this:
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
Rows 1, 2, 3 are moveable. So I want to implement the following behavior: row 1 can be exchanged only with rows 2 or 3. Similary, row 2 can be exchanged only with rows 1 and 3.
This is one possible layout:
Row 3
Row 1
Row 2
Row 4
Row 5
However, I don't want this to happen:
Row 3
Row 5
Row 2
Row 4
Row 1
How to achieve this?
Keep in mind that it's actually only moving one row, not exchanging.
What you want is to implement tableView:targetIndexPathForMoveFromRowAtIndexPath:toProposedIndexPath
See How to limit UITableView row reordering to a section
You can control the movement within section and between section.
- (NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView targetIndexPathForMoveFromRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)sourceIndexPath toProposedIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)proposedDestinationIndexPath
{
// Do not allow any movement between section
if ( sourceIndexPath.section != proposedDestinationIndexPath.section)
return sourceIndexPath;
// You can even control the movement of specific row within a section. e.g last row in a Section
// Check if we have selected the last row in section
if ( sourceIndexPath.row < sourceIndexPath.length) {
return proposedDestinationIndexPath;
} else {
return sourceIndexPath;
}
// you can use this approach or logic to check the index of the rows in section and return either sourceIndexPath or targetIndexPath
}