Scroll immediately to row in table before view sho

Question

A view with a table gets pushed onto the screen and I want it to scroll to a certain row in the table before the screen actually displays. I use this code within the final viewcontroller.

NSIndexPath *scrollToPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:5 inSection:0]; 
[theTable scrollToRowAtIndexPath:scrollToPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:NO];

When I put it in viewDiDAppear method, then it briefly flashes from the intial position of the table (at the top) to the row I want. I don't want it to show the initial position. If I put it in viewDidLoad or viewWillAppear then it crashes with a NSRangeException, presumably because the table isn't set up yet.

How would I get it to scroll without showing the initial position?

Answer 1

If I put it in viewDidLoad or viewWillAppear then it crashes with a NSRangeException, presumably because the table isn't set up yet.

Why isn't the table set up yet? In which method are you setting it up?