Edit: forgot to assign delegate, works now.
self.timePickerView.delegate = self;
self.timePickerView.dataSource = self;
Ok so I had this working with a UIDatePicker and it worked fine, however I wanted to include seconds and so had to try and use a custom picker. Right Now My action sheet and buttons popup but the space where my custom picker should be is just black, I know I am missing something or just flat out taking the wrong approach to this. The goal is for the user to user the custom picker to select an hour / minute/ second to record for their time spent on a run etc.....
My main question here is simply how do I make my custom picker appear when the textfield is clicked, i know I am missing something in the implementation for the picker itself, perhaps this custom picker doesn't follow the default methods for component/rows? I know the date one I was using before didn't need those?. Thanks in advance for any insight.
Header
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIPickerView *timePickerView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIActionSheet *datePickerViewPopup;
@property (retain, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *hoursArray;
@property (retain, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *minutesArray;
@property (retain, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *secondsArray;
view did load
NSString *stringValue = [[NSString alloc]init];
self.hoursArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
self.minutesArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
self.secondsArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
for (int i = 0; i < 61; i++) {
stringValue = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", i];
if (i < 13) {
[self.hoursArray addObject:stringValue];
}
[self.minutesArray addObject:stringValue];
[self.secondsArray addObject:stringValue];
}
The cell that calls my popup
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
switch (textField.tag) {
case 1003:
[textField resignFirstResponder];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss"];
self.datePickerViewPopup = [[UIActionSheet alloc]init];
const CGFloat toolBarHeight = 44.0f;
self.timePickerView = [[UIPickerView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, toolBarHeight, 0, 0)];
self.timePickerView.hidden = NO;
UIToolbar *pickerToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, toolBarHeight)];
pickerToolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
[pickerToolbar sizeToFit];
NSMutableArray *toolBarItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
UIBarButtonItem *cancelButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemCancel target:self action:@selector(cancelButtonPressed:)];
[toolBarItems addObject:cancelButton];
UIBarButtonItem *flexSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:self action:nil];
[toolBarItems addObject:flexSpace];
UIBarButtonItem *doneButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:@selector(doneButtonPressed:)];
[toolBarItems addObject:doneButton];
NSDateComponents *comps = [[NSDateComponents alloc]init];
comps.hour = [self.timePickerView selectedRowInComponent:0];
comps.minute = [self.timePickerView selectedRowInComponent:1];
comps.second = [self.timePickerView selectedRowInComponent:2];
NSCalendar *calerdar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDate *cardioTime = [calerdar dateFromComponents:comps];
textField.text = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:cardioTime];
[pickerToolbar setItems:toolBarItems animated:NO];
[self.datePickerViewPopup addSubview:pickerToolbar];
[self.datePickerViewPopup addSubview:self.timePickerView];
[self.datePickerViewPopup showInView:self.view.superview];
[self.datePickerViewPopup setBounds:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 464)];
break;
}
}
picker methods
#pragma mark - Picker Methods
- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView
{
return 3;
}
- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
if (component == 0) {
return [self.hoursArray count];
} else if (component == 1) {
return [self.minutesArray count];
} else {
return [self.secondsArray count];
}
}
- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
switch (component) {
case 0:
return [self.hoursArray objectAtIndex:row];
break;
case 1:
return [self.minutesArray objectAtIndex:row];
break;
case 2:
return [self.secondsArray objectAtIndex:row];
default:
break;
}
return nil;
}
I was simply being a noob, I forgot to add the following after initialized the picker. Now I just need to clean up the rest of my mess.
self.timePickerView.delegate = self;
self.timePickerView.dataSource = self;