Problem mimicking add new contact screen

[Stitch]

You're drawing into a UIView therefore you can put anything you want in there.

If I were you I would forget about cells and just use images. Make an image that looks like the cell and addSubview with a CGRect.

If you notice in my example I pass the viewController to the UIView so that I can like back to it from the UIView.

My button in the view calls target:self.viewController

This calls a function in the viewController which then performs a pushViewController animated:YES command so it gives the impression that it's a cell.

Hope this makes sense.

[ash]

Yeah it does and i think it would serve my purpose for the POC im making.

**[UIColor groupTableViewBackgroundColor] --> This i didnt know and might solve a lot of my problems.

Thanks a bunch Stitch.

[ash]

Hey Stitch,

Ok i've done it using the above method, however i still believe there should be a proper way of doing it.


Thanks
Ashar

[Stitch]

Cool. This is just how I achieved it.

Please post back here if you find another way.

Thanks,
Stitch.

[bergetun]

Any reason for not using ABPersonViewController or ABUnknownUserViewController instead of making it from scratch ?

[Stitch]

I cannot speak for Ash but I just wanted the "look" of this screen. My app has nothing to do with contacts in the iPhone.

[ash]

Yeah same here, nothing to do with contacts. Might work for the Name.. but i need to show some additional information as well.

Btw Stitch, i just had a thought.. Since we are placing a view at the table header why not place a TableView with one cell on the right and an image view on the left. I think this might work. THoughts?

Thanks

[Stitch]

Hey Ash,

I'm not sure that would work. I've never placed a TableView in anything other than a ViewController. If you can do this then maybe it would work.

The key for my app looking right was getting the image to change to a "pressed" look when the user clicks on it - this way it looks and acts just like a normal table view cell.

I probably will play with this a little more when I have some spare time.

Thanks,
Stitch.

[k0ry]

About image from the left - try to use UIButton, something like this:
photoButton = [[[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 0, 64, 84)] retain];
photoButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[photoButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal] ;
[cell0 addSubviewhotoButton];