use local declaration of UITableView and populate data

[losingSkillz]

hi all
i currently have a view (programmatically, not ib) and i want to add a UITableView. then load some simple data from a NSArray. i can create and add the UITableView to the current view by using:

[self addSubview:myTableView];

however i do not know where i should add code to populate my data.
any help is appreciated

[simpsonaty]

It would be much easier to use IB to create your UITableView and populate the array. You can start populating the NSArray in the - (void)viewDidLoad method. Don't forget to add the array in the .h header file.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
myArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"1", @"2", @"3", nil];
[super viewDidLoad];
}

- (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...
cell.text = [myArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}

[losingSkillz]

Originally Posted by simpsonaty

It would be much easier to use IB to create your UITableView and populate the array. You can start populating the NSArray in the - (void)viewDidLoad method. Don't forget to add the array in the .h header file.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
myArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"1", @"2", @"3", nil];
[super viewDidLoad];
}

- (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...
cell.text = [myArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}

Thank you for the answer. I have tried using ib and i got it working. however, the [self.tableView reloadData] doesn't seem to work. i know that my array is not nil and it changed before i called [self.tableView reloadData].

also i have added a toolbar to the bottom of the screen but now my tableview is blocked by the toolbar. is there anyway to change the frame size of my tableview? i have tried self.tableView.frame = myNewFrame;
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