A Table Within A Table

Question

Hi Guys,

I am fairly new to programming and I am working with Objective C. I am trying to program an app where you have a UITableView, than you click on cell, which will bring you to another UITableView with more options. I have only encountered problems, however, in populating this second UITableView. Any suggestions for how to do this? Do i need to create new classes for each new table?

Thanks for any help!! Ben

Answer 1

Your question's a bit vague, but it sounds like you need two UITableViewControllers:

ParentUITableViewController: This houses the top level table view that, when you tap on an element, moves you to the second

ChildUITableViewController: Houses the child table view that populates itself based on what was tapped on the first

The Apple examples are excellent for learning this sort of architecture, this one may be exactly what you're after: DrillDownExample

Answer 2

You could also look into a UINavigationBar if you are going to navigate through tables and want to go back and forth between them (once you get it connected to everything correctly, UINaviagationBars can be great, because you don't have to worry about what level you are at in your tables, it takes care of it for you! but like i said, after you hook it up right, which is a pain in the butt)