Using Search Bar with Multiple XIB Table View

[algor_angel]

Hi there!

I have a question for you. I hope you will answer me soon

What I am trying to accomplish is this: I started a Navigation Based App project and I'm using the following code to use multiple XIB files for each Row and would like to divide the rows in sections add a Search Bar:

.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface RootViewController : UITableViewController {
    
    IBOutlet NSMutableArray *views;
    
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet NSMutableArray *views;

@end

.m

#import "RootViewController.h"
#import "FirstController.h"

@implementation RootViewController

@synthesize views;

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    views = [ [NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    
    // allocate a set of views and add to our view array as a dictionary item    
    FirstController *firstController = [[FirstController alloc] init];
    firstController.title = @"First";
    [views addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                      @"FirtControllerTitle",            @"title",
                      firstController,    @"controller",
                      nil]];
    [firstController release];
    
   // Same code for Controller 2 to Controller N
    
    // create a custom navigation bar button and set it to always say "Back"
    UIBarButtonItem *temporaryBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] init];
    temporaryBarButtonItem.title = @"Back";
    self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = temporaryBarButtonItem;
    [temporaryBarButtonItem release];
    
    // set the title of the main view
    self.title = @"JGD Basic";
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; // Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview
    // Release anything that's not essential, such as cached data
}

#pragma mark Table view methods

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    return 1;
}

// Customize the number of rows in the table view.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return [views count];
}

// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (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 = [[views objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:@"title"];

    
    return cell;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    // Navigation logic may go here. Create and push another view controller.
    UIViewController *targetViewController = [[views objectAtIndex: indexPath.row] objectForKey:@"controller"];
    [[self navigationController] pushViewController:targetViewController animated:YES];
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [views dealloc];
    [super dealloc];
}

@end

I've tried to take a look at some tutorial but no one explains how to do that properly when you have multiple XIBs, otherwise I know how to do that with a single XIB for every row. I've already tried to implement some code here to add the search bar but it didn't worked. So, how do I do that?

[musicwind95]

I'm not sure what you're asking, so I'll cover some basics.

First, the NSMutableArray really should be an IBOutlet. It won't break anything, but it's a semantics thing.

Your use of a dictionary is complicating things. Just add the view controller itself into the views array; you can then call viewController.title. Otherwise, you'd need many dictionaries, one for each view. It gets complicated.

Try this code for the back button item:
UIBarButtonItem *backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backBarButtonItem;
[backBarButtonItem release];

To load a view from a specific XIB, try initwithNibName:bundle: