I've been trying to add simple Search functionality to a TableViewController in my app. I followed Ray Wenderlich's tutorial. I have a tableView with some data, I added the search bar + display controller in storyboard, and then I have this code:
#pragma mark - Table View
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"BreedCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
//Create PetBreed Object and return corresponding breed from corresponding array
PetBreed *petBreed = nil;
if(tableView == self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView)
petBreed = [_filteredBreedsArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
else
petBreed = [_breedsArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
cell.textLabel.text = petBreed.name;
return cell;
}
#pragma mark - Search
-(BOOL)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller shouldReloadTableForSearchString:(NSString *)searchString {
[_filteredBreedsArray removeAllObjects];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF.name contains[c] %@",searchString];
_filteredBreedsArray = [[_breedsArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate] mutableCopy];
return YES;
}
-(BOOL)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller shouldReloadTableForSearchScope:(NSInteger)searchOption {
// Tells the table data source to reload when scope bar selection changes
[_filteredBreedsArray removeAllObjects];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF.name contains[c] %@",self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.text];
_filteredBreedsArray = [[_breedsArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate] mutableCopy];
return YES;
}
The standard stuff, but when I enter text in the search bar it crashes every time with this error:
2013-01-07 19:47:07.330 FindFeedo[3206:c07] *** Assertion failure in -[UISearchResultsTableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:forIndexPath:], /SourceCache/UIKit_Sim/UIKit-2372/UITableView.m:4460
2013-01-07 19:47:07.330 FindFeedo[3206:c07] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'unable to dequeue a cell with identifier BreedCell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard'
I understand that in iOS 6 the handling and dequeueing system for cells changed, and also that the search uses a different tableView, so I thought the problem was that the search tableView with the filtered results didn't know about the cell, so I put this in my viewDidLoad:
[self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView registerClass:[UITableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:@"BreedCell"];
And voila! It worked... Only the first time you search. If you go back to the original results and search again, the app crashes with the same error. I thought about maybe adding all the
if(!cell){//init cell here};
stuff to the cellForRow method, but doesn't that go against the whole purpose of having the dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:forIndexPath: method? Anyway, I'm lost. What am I missing? Help, please. Thank you in advance for all your time (:
Alex.
for swift 3 you just need to add self: