I'm facing a problem I cannot resolve...
I have a grouped table whose section header and section footer get displayed correctly upon launch thanks to
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
and
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
Yet, I can't figure out how to update them later, I don't know how to change those texts and it's quite frustrating because in my mind it had to be nothing harder than changing a text label or whatever... (some ".text" property...)
I searched all through the documentation with no luck...
Any help is highly & kindly appreciated!
Regards,
Enrico
In the delegate method, add a method call that returns the section name, e.g.:
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
switch (section) {
case firstSectionTag:
return [self firstSectionTitle];
case secondSectionTag:
return [self secondSectionTitle];
// ...
default:
return nil;
}
}
- (NSString *)firstSectionTitle {
// generate first section title programmatically, e.g. "return [[NSDate date] description];"
}
// ...
Then, when you need to update the section title, send an NSNotification
that triggers something like the following method:
- (void)refreshTableSectionTitles:(NSNotification *)notification {
[tableView reloadData];
}
If the table is large and you want finer control, pass an NSNotification
with an NSDictionary
that contains the section you want to reload, read the dictionary in -refreshTableSectionTitles
to get back the section NSInteger
, and use the table view's -reloadSections:withRowAnimation:
to reload that specific section.
You can use:
-(void)reloadSections:(NSIndexSet *)sections withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation
And in
-(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
define your new header text in statement.
This will make a nice animation while changing the header/footer.
Use this line in your code where you want to change the title:
[[self theTableViewToChangeItsHeader]reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:0] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
In Your TableViewController use
[self.tableView reloadSectionIndexTitles];