XCode Help! - beginner here

[AaronVee]

Hey, I'm new on these forums and I was just wondering if anyone could help me as I'm a beginner to Objective C and working with XCode

I need to make an app for the iPhone that has a table on it, with headings on the columns as well as having 5 plus columns... like a database. and when clicking on one row of data you can open it up to see more data about it.

any ideas on where to start? or what to do?

I'd be very grateful with any help you can give

=====IN MORE DETAIL=====

I need to create a table with headings so for example if the headings were "Name", "Animal", "Favourite Food",
and data in the table that is read only for the person who downloads the App,

so for example with those headings ^
it could be Bob - Cow - Grass < it's name is "Bob", it's a "Cow" and it's favourite food is "grass"
if you're understanding this? furthermore there will be quite a lot of data in this table, not so much but a fair amount so I would also like to add a feature for people to search through by sorting the data in the table like on the Android phones when someone presses "Menu" it brings up the ability to sort.
If this is possible on iPhone development by choosing an option on the UIController (I think it is called) to be able to sort

Much appreciated for ANY help given! if you could give me step by step on how to achieve this I would be so grateful!

Aaron =)

[Duncan C]

Originally Posted by AaronVee

Hey, I'm new on these forums and I was just wondering if anyone could help me as I'm a beginner to Objective C and working with XCode

I need to make an app for the iPhone that has a table on it, with headings on the columns as well as having 5 plus columns... like a database. and when clicking on one row of data you can open it up to see more data about it.

any ideas on where to start? or what to do?

I'd be very grateful with any help you can give

=====IN MORE DETAIL=====

I need to create a table with headings so for example if the headings were "Name", "Animal", "Favourite Food",
and data in the table that is read only for the person who downloads the App,

so for example with those headings ^
it could be Bob - Cow - Grass < it's name is "Bob", it's a "Cow" and it's favourite food is "grass"
if you're understanding this? furthermore there will be quite a lot of data in this table, not so much but a fair amount so I would also like to add a feature for people to search through by sorting the data in the table like on the Android phones when someone presses "Menu" it brings up the ability to sort.
If this is possible on iPhone development by choosing an option on the UIController (I think it is called) to be able to sort

Much appreciated for ANY help given! if you could give me step by step on how to achieve this I would be so grateful!

Aaron =)

I don't think you can fit 5 columns of data in a table on the iPhone screen. It's just too small. Have you ever seen an app pack that much information into a table view on the iPhone? I haven't, and the reason is it's too much.

If your app is iPad only, you could do it, but not on the iPhone.

You need to rethink your design.

I would recommend a master/detail type of design, where the top level table view shows the most important summary information about an object, and tapping on an entry takes you to a detail view for that entry, with all 5 fields of information, but for only one entry.