I have a UITableView in a UINavigationController. On the navigation bar I have a button called add. When this button is pressed it presents a UIPopoverController, where user can input data to be added as a new row/cell in the UITableView. My issue is how can I add a new cell to the UITableView from the UIPopover? Do I pass in the array data to the UIPopOver root controller?
There are two solutions to this that I'm aware of. One would be to send a notification from the popover to the root controller and apply the necessary code to update the tableView in the handleNotification method.
The other, one that I personally use, is to set up a delegate protocol for the popover. You'll have to set it up something like this:
@protocol PopoverDelegate
- (void)addNewCell; // you can add any information you need to pass onto this if necessary such as addNewCellWithName:(NSString *)name, etc.
@end
@interface MyPopoverViewController..... {
id <PopoverDelegate> delegate;
// the rest of your interface code;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) id delegate;
// any other methods or properties;
@end
Then in your root view controller header file, you need to add the delegate
@interface RootViewController .... <PopoverDelegate> {
Then in your root view controller implementation file, assign the popover delegate when you instantiate it. For example:
MyPopoverViewController *vc = [[MyViewController alloc] init];
vc.delegate = self; // this is where you set your protocol delegate
myPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:vc];
myPopover.delegate = self;
[vc release];
Finally, you'll add your protocol method somewhere in the code
- (void)addNewCell {
// do what you want with the tableView from here
}
Sorry that's a bit long. I just wanted to make sure I was thorough. Hope it helps