NSOperation unable to load data on the TableView

Question

I have a problem in NSOperation. I tried many ways but it would run behind the screen, but will not make it appear on the my table view. Can anyone help me out with this. I am new to NSOperation.

Recents.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "FlickrFetcher.h"

@interface Recents : UITableViewController {
 FlickrFetcher *fetcher;
 NSString *name;
 NSData *picture;
 NSString *picName;
 NSMutableArray *names;
 NSMutableArray *pics;
 NSMutableArray *lists;
 NSArray *namelists;
 NSOperationQueue *operationQueue;
}
@property (nonatomic,retain)NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic,retain)NSString *picName;
@property (nonatomic,retain)NSData *picture;
@property (nonatomic,retain)NSMutableArray *names;
@property (nonatomic,retain)NSMutableArray *pics;
@property(nonatomic,retain)NSMutableArray *lists;
@property(nonatomic,retain)NSArray *namelists;
@end

Recents.m

#import "Recents.h"
#import "PersonList.h"
#import "PhotoDetail.h"

@implementation Recents


@synthesize picName,picture,name,names,pics,lists,namelists;
 // The designated initializer.  Override if you create the controller programmatically and want to perform customization that is not appropriate for viewDidLoad.
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
    if (self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]) {
        // Custom initialization
  self.title=@"Recents";
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)beginLoadingFlickrData{

    NSInvocationOperation *operation = [[NSInvocationOperation alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:@selector(synchronousLoadFlickrData) object:nil];
    [operationQueue addOperation:operation];
    [operation release];
}

- (void)synchronousLoadFlickrData{
 fetcher=[FlickrFetcher sharedInstance];
 NSArray *recents=[fetcher recentGeoTaggedPhotos];
 [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(didFinishLoadingFlickrDataWithResults:) withObject:recents waitUntilDone:NO];
}

- (void)didFinishLoadingFlickrDataWithResults:(NSArray *)recents{

 for(NSDictionary *dic in recents){
  [names addObject:[fetcher usernameForUserID:[dic objectForKey:@"owner"]]];
  if([[dic objectForKey:@"title"]isEqualToString:@""]){
   [pics addObject:@"Untitled"];
  }else{
   [pics addObject:[dic objectForKey:@"title"]];
  }
  NSLog(@"OK!!");
 }
 [self.tableView reloadData];
    [self.tableView flashScrollIndicators];
}



// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
 operationQueue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];
 [operationQueue setMaxConcurrentOperationCount:1];
 [self beginLoadingFlickrData];
 self.tableView.rowHeight = 95;

}


/*
// Override to allow orientations other than the default portrait orientation.
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
*/

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
 // Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];

 // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}

- (void)viewDidUnload {
 // Release any retained subviews of the main view.
 // e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}


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

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table View Data Source Methods
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
 return[names count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 static NSString *SimpleTableIdentifier = @"SimpleTableIdentifier";
 UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:SimpleTableIdentifier];
 if (cell == nil) {
  cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:SimpleTableIdentifier] autorelease];
 }
 cell.detailTextLabel.text=[names objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
 cell.textLabel.text=[pics objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
 //UIImage *image=[UIImage imageWithData:[self.lists objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
 //cell.imageView.image=image;
 return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 fetcher=[[FlickrFetcher alloc]init];
 PhotoDetail *scroll=[[PhotoDetail alloc]initWithNibName:@"PhotoDetail" bundle:nil];
 scroll.titleName=[self.pics objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
 scroll.picture = [UIImage imageWithData:[self.lists objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
 [self.navigationController pushViewController:scroll animated:YES];

}

Answer 1

Are you ever initializing pics (i.e., NSMutableArray *pics = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init] or something of the sort)? If you are, I can't find it in the code. If you aren't, that's probably the problem -- you're sending all of those messages to add objects to the array to nil.