UITextView in UITableViewCell not displaying

[starwarsdevwookie59]

I am trying to put a UITextView into a UITableViewCell because a UILabel won't hold the text the way I want it to. My code, below, is crashing the app every time...

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"MyIdentifier";
	int storyIndex = [indexPath indexAtPosition: [indexPath length] - 1];
	UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];
	UILabel *mainLabel;
	UITextView *secondLabel;

	
	if (cell == nil) {
		
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:MyIdentifier] autorelease];
		cell.contentView.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
		cell.contentView.clipsToBounds = YES;
		
        mainLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5.0, 5.0, 310.0, 50.0)];
		[mainLabel autorelease];
        mainLabel.tag = MAINLABEL_TAG;
        mainLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16.0];
        mainLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
        mainLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
		mainLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
        [cell.contentView addSubview:mainLabel];
		 
		
        secondLabel = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5.0, 5.0, 310.0, 50.0)];
		[secondLabel autorelease];
        secondLabel.tag = SECONDLABEL_TAG;
		secondLabel.editable = NO;
		secondLabel.scrollEnabled = NO;
		secondLabel.backgroundColor =[UIColor clearColor];
        secondLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12.0];
        secondLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
        secondLabel.textColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor];
        [cell.contentView addSubview:secondLabel];
		 
		
    } else {
       mainLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:MAINLABEL_TAG];
       secondLabel = (UITextView *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:SECONDLABEL_TAG];
    }
	cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
	cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
	
	mainLabel.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex]objectForKey:@"title"];
    secondLabel.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex]objectForKey:@"summary"];
	
	return cell;
}

any help is much appreciated

[Oliver Drobnik]

Originally Posted by starwarsdevwookie59

I am trying to put a UITextView into a UITableViewCell because a UILabel won't hold the text the way I want it to. My code, below, is crashing the app every time...

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"MyIdentifier";
	int storyIndex = [indexPath indexAtPosition: [indexPath length] - 1];
	UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];
	UILabel *mainLabel;
	UITextView *secondLabel;

	
	if (cell == nil) {
		
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:MyIdentifier] autorelease];
		cell.contentView.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
		cell.contentView.clipsToBounds = YES;
		
        mainLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5.0, 5.0, 310.0, 50.0)];
		[mainLabel autorelease];
        mainLabel.tag = MAINLABEL_TAG;
        mainLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16.0];
        mainLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
        mainLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
		mainLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
        [cell.contentView addSubview:mainLabel];
		 
		
        secondLabel = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5.0, 5.0, 310.0, 50.0)];
		[secondLabel autorelease];
        secondLabel.tag = SECONDLABEL_TAG;
		secondLabel.editable = NO;
		secondLabel.scrollEnabled = NO;
		secondLabel.backgroundColor =[UIColor clearColor];
        secondLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12.0];
        secondLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
        secondLabel.textColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor];
        [cell.contentView addSubview:secondLabel];
		 
		
    } else {
       mainLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:MAINLABEL_TAG];
       secondLabel = (UITextView *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:SECONDLABEL_TAG];
    }
	cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
	cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
	
	mainLabel.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex]objectForKey:@"title"];
    secondLabel.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex]objectForKey:@"summary"];
	
	return cell;
}

any help is much appreciated

This code for the cell itself is fine. You need to check the console to see that the real crashing reason is. Also add a breakpoint at OBJ_EXCEPTION_THROW to see where the exception occurs. I suspect that your stories array does not look like you assume in your code.

[starwarsdevwookie59]

Originally Posted by Oliver Drobnik

This code for the cell itself is fine. You need to check the console to see that the real crashing reason is. Also add a breakpoint at OBJ_EXCEPTION_THROW to see where the exception occurs. I suspect that your stories array does not look like you assume in your code.

thanks so much for your reply. I should've included... my console error is

2010-02-28 12:37:43.253 bool _WebTryThreadLock(bool), 0x3ecf180: Tried to obtain the web lock from a thread other than the main thread or the web thread. This may be a result of calling to UIKit from a secondary thread. Crashing now...

also, it seems like that error has something to do with the array... here's some other code in the cellForRowAtIndexPath method

static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"MyIdentifier";
	int storyIndex = [indexPath indexAtPosition: [indexPath length] - 1];
	UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];
	UILabel *mainLabel;

	UITextView *secondLabel;

[mickm]

Originally Posted by starwarsdevwookie59

thanks so much for your reply. I should've included... my console error is

2010-02-28 12:37:43.253 bool _WebTryThreadLock(bool), 0x3ecf180: Tried to obtain the web lock from a thread other than the main thread or the web thread. This may be a result of calling to UIKit from a secondary thread. Crashing now...

that error has nothing to do with initialization of a table cell, (unless i'm way off). from the looks of this, you have something going in another thread that is the problem, and is manifesting itself around the time of your cell initialization.

but short of that, i would start carefully checking the contents of your array. i'm willing to bet as well that it doesn't hold what you think it does.