I Hate UITableViews

[Jeremy1026]

I can't wrap my head around them. This is the 4th time I've visited them, and been unable to get them. I hate them I hate them I hate them!

The point of this post is mainly a rant, but if anyone can spare some time and screen share to tutor me in them I would be super appreciative.

[RickMaddy]

Like most things they are actually very simple once you have the "Ah hah!" moment.

Have you read the UITableView Programming Guide?
Have you looked at all the table based example apps?
Have you gone through the table view tutorials on this very site?

Is there a specific part of table views that you have a question on (after reading the above)?

[Jeremy1026]

Originally Posted by RickMaddy

Like most things they are actually very simple once you have the "Ah hah!" moment.

Have you read the UITableView Programming Guide?
Have you looked at all the table based example apps?
Have you gone through the table view tutorials on this very site?

Is there a specific part of table views that you have a question on (after reading the above)?

Yes, yes, and yes. The whole thing confuses the hell out of me. I have the Table view guide printed out, and even as I read through it I have problems making one. The table view example apps confuse me more, because I don't understands how Apple is getting the time zone names. And when following the tutorials on this site, yeah, I can make one, but do I understand it, or recreate it, or make it do anything but what the tutorial does, nope.

[Gero]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1026

Yes, yes, and yes. The whole thing confuses the hell out of me. I have the Table view guide printed out, and even as I read through it I have problems making one. The table view example apps confuse me more, because I don't understands how Apple is getting the time zone names. And when following the tutorials on this site, yeah, I can make one, but do I understand it, or recreate it, or make it do anything but what the tutorial does, nope.

Yes, I feel your pain. The Apple example didn´t kick it for me, either.
The Time Zone Names are stored in OSX and are used for your locale when you choose your area and language, as far as I know.

The problem with Apple´s examples is that you either don´t get enough to do what you want or else the complexity is far too high. Look up localized strings here, check getter-method there and bring information from 10 different places together though you really didn´t get the basics yet.

I think, Apple´s docu is smashing as soon as you know how it works and you need additional info/options.

I did however find examples that got me going:

iPhone Programming Tutorial - Populating UITableView With An NSArray | iCodeBlog

Custom UITableViewCell : Iphone Noob

Especially the first one, the Fruit-example, is pretty useful. Having model objects as the basis of each cell makes the transition to a database relatively smooth (I hope).