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UITableView Class Reference

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Framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework
Availability
Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared in
UITableView.h
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Overview

An instance of UITableView (or simply, a table view) is a means for displaying and editing hierarchical lists of information.

A table view in the UIKit framework is limited to a single column because it is designed for a device with a small screen. UITableView is a subclass of UIScrollView, which allows users to scroll through the table, although UITableView allows vertical scrolling only. The cells comprising the individual items of the table are UITableViewCell objects; UITableView uses these objects to draw the visible rows of the table. Cells have content—€”titles and images—and can have, near the right edge, accessory views. Standard accessory views are disclosure indicators or detail disclosure buttons; the former leads to the next level in a data hierarchy and the latter leads to a detailed view of a selected item. Accessory views can also be framework controls, such as switches and sliders, or can be custom views. Table views can enter an editing mode where users can insert, delete, and reorder rows of the table.

A table view is made up of zero or more sections, each with its own rows. Sections are identified by their index number within the table view, and rows are identified by their index number within a section. Any section can optionally be preceded by a section header, and optionally be followed by a section footer.

Table views can have one of two styles, UITableViewStylePlain and UITableViewStyleGrouped. When you create a UITableView instance you must specify a table style, and this style cannot be changed. In the plain style, section headers and footers float above the content if the part of a complete section is visible. A table view can have an index that appears as a bar on the right hand side of the table (for example, "a" through "z"). You can touch a particular label to jump to the target section. The grouped style of table view provides a default background color and a default background view for all cells. The background view provides a visual grouping for all cells in a particular section. For example, one group could be a person's name and title, another group for phone numbers that the person uses, and another group for email accounts and so on. See the Settings application for examples of grouped tables. Table views in the grouped style cannot have an index.

Many methods of UITableView take NSIndexPath objects as parameters and return values. UITableView declares a category on NSIndexPath that enables you to get the represented row index (row property) and section index (section property), and to construct an index path from a given row index and section index (indexPathForRow:inSection: method). Especially in table views with multiple sections, you must evaluate the section index before identifying a row by its index number.

A UITableView object must have an object that acts as a data source and an object that acts as a delegate; typically these objects are either the application delegate or, more frequently, a custom UITableViewController object. The data source must adopt the UITableViewDataSource protocol and the delegate must adopt the UITableViewDelegate protocol. The data source provides information that UITableView needs to construct tables and manages the data model when rows of a table are inserted, deleted, or reordered. The delegate provides the cells used by tables and performs other tasks, such as managing accessory views and selections.

When sent a setEditing:animated: message (with a first parameter of YES), the table view enters into editing mode where it shows the editing or reordering controls of each visible row, depending on the editingStyle of each associated UITableViewCell. Clicking on the insertion or deletion control causes the data source to receive a tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath: message. You commit a deletion or insertion by calling deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation: or insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:, as appropriate. Also in editing mode, if a table-view cell has its showsReorderControl property set to YES, the data source receives a tableView:moveRowAtIndexPath:toIndexPath: message. The data source can selectively remove the reordering control for cells by implementing tableView:canMoveRowAtIndexPath:.

UITableView caches table-view cells only for visible rows, but caches row, header, and footer heights for the entire table. You can create custom UITableViewCell objects with content or behavioral characteristics that are different than the default cells; “A Closer Look at Table-View Cells" in Table View Programming Guide for iPhone OS explains how.

Tasks

Initializing a UITableView Object

Configuring a Table View

Accessing Cells and Sections

Scrolling the Table View

Managing Selections

Inserting and Deleting Cells

Managing the Editing of Table Cells

Reloading the Table View

Accessing Drawing Areas of the Table View

Managing the Delegate and the Data Source

Properties

For more about Objective-C properties, see “Properties” in The Objective-C Programming Language.

allowsSelection

A Boolean value that determines whether users can select cells

@property(nonatomic) BOOL allowsSelection
Discussion

If the value of this property is YES (the default), users can select rows. Setting this property affects cell selection only when the table view is not in editing mode. If you want to restrict selection of cells in editing mode, use allowsSelectionDuringEditing.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

allowsSelectionDuringEditing

A Boolean value that determines whether users can select cells while the receiver is in editing mode.

@property(nonatomic) BOOL allowsSelectionDuringEditing
Discussion

If the value of this property is YES , users can select rows during editing. The default value is NO. If you want to restrict selection of cells regardless of mode, use allowsSelection.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

dataSource

The object that acts as the data source of the receiving table view.

@property(nonatomic, assign) id<UITableViewDataSource> dataSource
Discussion

The data source must adopt the UITableViewDataSource protocol. The data source is not retained.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

delegate

The object that acts as the delegate of the receiving table view.

@property(nonatomic, assign) id<UITableViewDelegate> delegate
Discussion

The delegate must adopt the UITableViewDelegate protocol. The delegate is not retained.

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UITableView.h

editing

A Boolean value that determines whether the receiver is in editing mode.

@property(nonatomic, getter=isEditing) BOOL editing
Discussion

When the value of this property is YES , the table view is in editing mode: the cells of the table might show an insertion or deletion control on the left side of each cell and a reordering control on the right side, depending on how the cell is configured. (SeeUITableViewCell Class Reference for details.) Tapping a control causes the table view to invoke the data source method tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath:. The default value is NO.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

rowHeight

The height of each row (table cell) in the receiver.

@property(nonatomic) CGFloat rowHeight
Discussion

The row height is in points. You may set the row height for cells if the delegate doesn't implement the tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: method. If you do not explicitly set the row height, UITableView sets it to a standard value.

There are performance implications to using tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: instead of rowHeight. Every time a table view is displayed, it calls tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: on the delegate for each of its rows, which can result in a significant performance problem with table views having a large number of rows (approximately 1000 or more).

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Declared In
UITableView.h

sectionFooterHeight

The height of section footers in the receiving table view.

@property(nonatomic) CGFloat sectionFooterHeight
Discussion

This value is used only in section group tables, and only if delegate the doesn't implement the tableView:heightForFooterInSection: method.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

sectionHeaderHeight

The height of section headers in the receiving table view.

@property(nonatomic) CGFloat sectionHeaderHeight
Discussion

This value is used only if delegate the doesn't implement the tableView:heightForHeaderInSection: method.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

sectionIndexMinimumDisplayRowCount

The number of table rows at which to display the index list on the right edge of the table.

@property(nonatomic) NSInteger sectionIndexMinimumDisplayRowCount
Discussion

This property is applicable only to table views in the UITableViewStylePlain style. The default value is NSIntegerMax.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

separatorColor

The color of separator rows in the table view.

@property(nonatomic, retain) UIColor *separatorColor
Discussion

The default color is gray.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

separatorStyle

The style for table cells used as separators.

@property(nonatomic) UITableViewCellSeparatorStyle separatorStyle
Discussion

The value of this property is one of the separator-style constants described in UITableViewCell Class Reference class reference. UITableView uses this property to set the separator style on the cell returned from the delegate in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

style

Returns the style of the receiver. (read-only)

@property(nonatomic, readonly) UITableViewStyle style
Discussion

See “Table View Style” for descriptions of the constants used to specify table-view style.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

tableFooterView

Returns an accessory view that is displayed below the table.

@property(nonatomic, retain) UIView *tableFooterView
Discussion

The default value is nil. The table footer view is different from a section header.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

tableHeaderView

Returns an accessory view that is displayed above the table.

@property(nonatomic, retain) UIView *tableHeaderView
Discussion

The default value is nil. The table header view is different from a section header.

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Declared In
UITableView.h

Instance Methods

beginUpdates

Begin a series of method calls that insert, delete, select, or delete rows and sections of the receiver.

- (void)beginUpdates

Discussion

Call this method if you want subsequent insertions, deletion, and selection operations (for example, cellForRowAtIndexPath: and indexPathsForVisibleRows) to be animated simultaneously. This group of methods must conclude with an invocation of endUpdates. These method pairs can be nested. If you do not make the insertion, deletion, and selection calls inside this block, table attributes such as row count might become invalid. You should not call reloadData within the group; if you call this method within the group, you will need to perform any animations yourself.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UITableView.h

cellForRowAtIndexPath:

Returns the table cell at the specified index path.

- (UITableViewCell *)cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

Parameters
indexPath

The index path locating the row in the receiver.

Return Value

An object representing a cell of the table or nil if the cell is not visible or indexPath is out of range.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:

Deletes the rows specified by an array of index paths, with an option to animate the deletion.

- (void)deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)indexPaths withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

Parameters
indexPaths

An array of NSIndexPath objects identifying the rows to delete.

animation

A constant that indicates how the deletion is to be animated, for example, fade out or slide out from the bottom. See “Table Cell Insertion and Deletion Animation” for descriptions of these constants.

Discussion

Note the behavior of this method when it is called in an animation block defined by the lbeginUpdates and endUpdates methods. UITableView defers any insertions of rows or sections until after it has handled the deletions of rows or sections. This happens regardless of ordering of the insertion and deletion method calls. This is unlike inserting or removing an item in a mutable array, where the operation can affect the array index used for the successive insertion or removal operation. For more on this subject, see “Batch Insertion and Deletion of Rows and Sections” in Table View Programming Guide for iPhone OS.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

deleteSections:withRowAnimation:

Deletes one or more sections in the receiver, with an option to animate the deletion.

- (void)deleteSections:(NSIndexSet *)sections withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

Parameters
sections

An index set that specifies the sections to delete from the receiving table view. If a section exists after the specified index location, it is moved up one index location.

animation

YES to animate the deletion of sections, otherwise NO.

Discussion

Note the behavior of this method when it is called in an animation block defined by the lbeginUpdates and endUpdates methods. UITableView defers any insertions of rows or sections until after it has handled the deletions of rows or sections. This happens regardless of ordering of the insertion and deletion method calls. This is unlike inserting or removing an item in a mutable array, where the operation can affect the array index used for the successive insertion or removal operation. For more on this subject, see “Batch Insertion and Deletion of Rows and Sections” in Table View Programming Guide for iPhone OS.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:

Returns a reusable table-view cell object located by its identifier.

- (UITableViewCell *)dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier

Parameters
identifier

A string identifying the cell object to be reused. By default, a reusable cell’s identifier is its class name, but you can change it to any arbitrary value.

Return Value

A UITableViewCell object with the associated identifier or nil if no such object exists in the reusable-cell queue.

Discussion

For performance reasons, a table view’s data source should generally reuse UITableViewCell objects when it assigns cells to rows in its tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: method. A table view maintains a queue or list of UITableViewCell objects that the table view’s delegate has marked for reuse. It marks a cell for reuse by assigning it a reuse identifier when it creates it (that is, in the initWithFrame:reuseIdentifier: method of UITableViewCell). The data source can access specific “template” cell objects in this queue by invoking the dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: method. You can access a cell’s reuse identifier through its reuseIdentifier property, which is defined by UITableViewCell.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

deselectRowAtIndexPath:animated:

Deselects a given row identified by index path, with an option to animate the deselection.

- (void)deselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath animated:(BOOL)animated

Parameters
indexPath

An index path identifying a row in the receiver.

animated

YES if you want to animate the deselection and NO if the change should be immediate.

Discussion

Calling this method does not cause the delegate to receive a tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: or tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: message, nor will it send UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification notifications to observers.

Calling this method does not cause any scrolling to the deselected row.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

endUpdates

Conclude a series of method calls that insert, delete, select, or reload rows and sections of the receiver.

- (void)endUpdates

Discussion

You call this method to bracket a series of method calls that began with beginUpdates and that consist of operations to insert, delete, select, and reload rows and sections of the table view. When you call endUpdates, UITableView animates the operations simultaneously. Invocations of beginUpdates and endUpdates can be nested. If you do not make the insertion, deletion, and selection calls inside this block, table attributes such as row count might become invalid.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UITableView.h

indexPathForCell:

Returns an index path representing the row and section of a given table-view cell.

- (NSIndexPath *)indexPathForCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell

Parameters
cell

A cell object of the table view.

Return Value

An index path representing the row and section of the cell or nil if the index path is invalid.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

indexPathForRowAtPoint:

Returns an index path identifying the row and section at the given point.

- (NSIndexPath *)indexPathForRowAtPoint:(CGPoint)point

Parameters
point

A point in the local coordinate system of the receiver (the table view’s bounds).

Return Value

An index path representing the row and section associated with point or nil if the point is out of the bounds of any row.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

indexPathForSelectedRow

Returns an index path identifying the row and section of the selected row.

- (NSIndexPath *)indexPathForSelectedRow

Return Value

An index path identifying the row and section indexes of the selected row or nil if the index path is invalid.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

indexPathsForRowsInRect:

An array of index paths each representing a row enclosed by a given rectangle.

- (NSArray *)indexPathsForRowsInRect:(CGRect)rect

Parameters
rect

A rectangle defining an area of the table view in local coordinates.

Return Value

An array of NSIndexPath objects each representing a row and section index identifying a row within rect. Returns nil if rect is not valid.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

indexPathsForVisibleRows

Returns an array of index paths each identifying a visible row in the receiver.

- (NSArray *)indexPathsForVisibleRows

Return Value

An array of NSIndexPath objects each representing a row index and section index that together identify a visible row in the table view. Returns nil if no rows are visible.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

initWithFrame:style:

Initializes and returns a table view object having the given frame and style.

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame style:(UITableViewStyle)style

Parameters
frame

A rectangle specifying the initial location and size of the table view in its superview’s coordinates. The frame of the table view changes as table cells are added and deleted.

style

A constant that specifies the style of the table view. See “Table View Style” for descriptions of valid constants.

Return Value

Returns an initialized UITableView object or nil if the object could not be successfully initialized.

Discussion

You must specify the style of a table view when you create it and you cannot thereafter modify the style. If you initialize the table view with the UIView method initWithFrame:, the UITableViewStylePlain style is used as a default.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:

Inserts rows in the receiver at the locations identified by an array of index paths, with an option to animate the insertion.

- (void)insertRowsAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)indexPaths withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

Parameters
indexPaths

An array of NSIndexPath objects each representing a row index and section index that together identify a row in the table view.

animation

A constant that either specifies the kind of animation to perform when inserting the cell or requests no animation. See “Table Cell Insertion and Deletion Animation” for descriptions of the constants.

Discussion

UITableView calls the relevant delegate and data source methods immediately afterwards to get the cells and other content for visible cells.

Note the behavior of this method when it is called in an animation block defined by the lbeginUpdates and endUpdates methods. UITableView defers any insertions of rows or sections until after it has handled the deletions of rows or sections. This happens regardless of ordering of the insertion and deletion method calls. This is unlike inserting or removing an item in a mutable array, where the operation can affect the array index used for the successive insertion or removal operation. For more on this subject, see “Batch Insertion and Deletion of Rows and Sections” in Table View Programming Guide for iPhone OS.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

insertSections:withRowAnimation:

Inserts one or more sections in the receiver, with an option to animate the insertion.

- (void)insertSections:(NSIndexSet *)sections withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

Parameters
sections

An index set that specifies the sections to insert in the receiving table view. If a section already exists at the specified index location, it is moved down one index location.

animation

A constant that indicates how the insertion is to be animated, for example, fade in or slide in from the left. See “Table Cell Insertion and Deletion Animation” for descriptions of these constants.

Discussion

UITableView calls the relevant delegate and data source methods immediately afterwards to get the cells and other content for visible cells.

Note the behavior of this method when it is called in an animation block defined by the lbeginUpdates and endUpdates methods. UITableView defers any insertions of rows or sections until after it has handled the deletions of rows or sections. This happens regardless of ordering of the insertion and deletion method calls. This is unlike inserting or removing an item in a mutable array, where the operation can affect the array index used for the successive insertion or removal operation. For more on this subject, see “Batch Insertion and Deletion of Rows and Sections” in Table View Programming Guide for iPhone OS.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

numberOfRowsInSection:

Returns the number of rows (table cells) in a specified section.

- (NSInteger)numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section

Parameters
section

An index number that identifies a section of the table. Table views in a plain style have a section index of zero.

Return Value

An index number that identifies a row in the given section.

Discussion

UITableView gets the value returned by this method from its data source and caches it.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

numberOfSections

Returns the number of sections for the receiver.

- (NSInteger)numberOfSections

Return Value

The number of sections in the table view.

Discussion

UITableView gets the value returned by this method from its data source and caches it.

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  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

rectForFooterInSection:

Returns the drawing area for the footer of the specified section.

- (CGRect)rectForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section

Parameters
section

An index number identifying a section of the table view. Plain-style table views always have a section index of zero.

Return Value

A rectangle defining the area in which the table view draws the section footer.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UITableView.h

rectForHeaderInSection:

Returns the drawing area for the header of the specified section.

- (CGRect)rectForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

Parameters
section

An index number identifying a section of the table view. Plain-style table views always have a section index of zero.

Return Value

A rectangle defining the area in which the table view draws the section header.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UITableView.h

rectForRowAtIndexPath:

Returns the drawing area for a row identified by index path.

- (CGRect)rectForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

Parameters
indexPath

An index path object that identifies a row by its index and its section index.

Return Value

A rectangle defining the area in which the table view draws the row or CGRectZero if indexPath is invalid.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UITableView.h

rectForSection:

Returns the drawing area for a specified section of the receiver.

- (CGRect)rectForSection:(NSInteger)section

Parameters
section

An index number identifying a section of the table view. Plain-style table views always have a section index of zero.

Return Value

A rectangle defining the area in which the table view draws the section.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UITableView.h

reloadData

Reloads the rows and sections of the receiver.

- (void)reloadData

Discussion

Call this method to reload all the data that is used to construct the table, including cells, section headers and footers, index arrays, and so on. For efficiency, the table view redisplays only those rows that are visible. It adjusts offsets if the table shrinks as a result of the reload. The table view’s delegate or data source calls this method when it wants the table view to completely reload its data. It should not be called in the methods that insert or delete rows, especially within an animation block implemented with calls to beginUpdates and endUpdates

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:

Reloads the specified rows using a certain animation effect.

- (void)reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)indexPaths withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

Parameters
indexPaths

An array of NSIndexPath objects identifying the rows to reload.

animation

A constant that indicates how the reloading is to be animated, for example, fade out or slide out from the bottom. See “Table Cell Insertion and Deletion Animation” for descriptions of these constants.

The animation constant affects the direction in which both the old and the new rows slide. For example, if the animation constant is UITableViewRowAnimationRight, the old rows slide out to the right and the new cells slide in from the right.

Discussion

Reloading a row causes the table view to ask its data source for a new cell for that row. The table animates that new cell in as it animates the old row out. Call this method if you want to alert the user that the value of a cell is changing. If, however, notifying the user is not important—that is, you just want to change the value that a cell is displaying—you can get the cell for a particular row and set its new value.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 3.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

reloadSectionIndexTitles

Reloads the items in the index bar along the right side of the table view.

- (void)reloadSectionIndexTitles

Discussion

This method gives you a way to update the section index after inserting or deleting sections without having to reload the whole table.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 3.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

reloadSections:withRowAnimation:

Reloads the specified sections using a given animation effect.

- (void)reloadSections:(NSIndexSet *)sectionswithRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

Parameters
sections

An index set identifying the sections to reload.

animation

A constant that indicates how the reloading is to be animated, for example, fade out or slide out from the bottom. See “Table Cell Insertion and Deletion Animation” for descriptions of these constants.

The animation constant affects the direction in which both the old and the new section rows slide. For example, if the animation constant is UITableViewRowAnimationRight, the old rows slide out to the right and the new cells slide in from the right.

Discussion

Calling this method causes the table view to ask its data source for new cells for the specified sections. The table view animates the insertion of new cells in as it animates the old cells out. Call this method if you want to alert the user that the values of the designated sections are changing. If, however, you just want to change values in cells of the specified sections without alerting the user, you can get those cells and directly set their new values.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 3.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

scrollToNearestSelectedRowAtScrollPosition:animated:

Scrolls the row nearest to a specified position in the table view to that position.

- (void)scrollToNearestSelectedRowAtScrollPosition:(UITableViewScrollPosition)scrollPosition animated:(BOOL)animated

Parameters
scrollPosition

A constant that identifies a relative position in the receiving table view (top, middle, bottom) for the row when scrolling concludes. See “Table View Scroll Position” a descriptions of valid constants.

animated

YES if you want to animate the change in position, NO if it should be immediate.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

scrollToRowAtIndexPath:atScrollPosition:animated:

Scrolls the receiver until a row identified by index path is at a particular location on the screen.

- (void)scrollToRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath atScrollPosition:(UITableViewScrollPosition)scrollPosition animated:(BOOL)animated

Parameters
indexPath

An index path that identifies a row in the table view by its row index and its section index.

scrollPosition

A constant that identifies a relative position in the receiving table view (top, middle, bottom) for row when scrolling concludes. See “Table View Scroll Position” a descriptions of valid constants.

animated

YES if you want to animate the change in position, NO if it should be immediate.

Discussion

Invoking this method does not cause the delegate to receive a scrollViewDidScroll: message, as is normal for programmatically-invoked user interface operations.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition:

Selects a row in the receiver identified by index path, optionally scrolling the row to a location in the receiver.

- (void)selectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath animated:(BOOL)animated scrollPosition:(UITableViewScrollPosition)scrollPosition

Parameters
indexPath

An index path identifying a row in the receiver.

animated

YES if you want to animate the selection and any change in position, NO if the change should be immediate.

scrollPosition

A constant that identifies a relative position in the receiving table view (top, middle, bottom) for the row when scrolling concludes. See “Table View Scroll Position” a descriptions of valid constants.

Discussion

Calling this method does not cause the delegate to receive a tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: or tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: message, nor will it send UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification notifications to observers.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Declared In
UITableView.h

setEditing:animated:

Toggles the receiver into and out of editing mode.

- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animate

Parameters
editing

YES to enter editing mode, NO to leave it. The default value is NO .

animate

YES to animate the transition to editing mode, NO to make the transition immediate.

Discussion

When you call this method with the value of editing set to YES, the table view goes into editing mode by calling setEditing:animated: on each visible UITableViewCell object. Calling this method with editing set to NO turns off editing mode. In editing mode, the cells of the table might show an insertion or deletion control on the left side of each cell and a reordering control on the right side, depending on how the cell is configured. (See UITableViewCell Class Reference for details.) The data source of the table view can selectively exclude cells from editing mode by implementing tableView:canEditRowAtIndexPath:.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UITableView.h

visibleCells

Returns the table cells that are visible in the receiver.

- (NSArray *)visibleCells

Return Value

An array containing UITableViewCell objects, each representing a visible cell in the receiving table view.

Availability
  • Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
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Related Sample Code
Declared In
UITableView.h

Constants

Table View Style

The style of the table view.

typedef enum {
   UITableViewStylePlain,
   UITableViewStyleGrouped
} UITableViewStyle;
Constants
UITableViewStylePlain

A plain table view. Any section headers or footers are displayed as inline separators and float when the table view is scrolled.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewStyleGrouped

A table view whose sections present distinct groups of rows. The section headers and footers do not float.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

Discussion

You set the table style when you initialize the table view (see initWithFrame:style:). You cannot modify the style thereafter.

Declared In
UITableView.h

Table View Scroll Position

The position in the table view (top, middle, bottom) to which a given row is scrolled.

typedef enum {
   UITableViewScrollPositionNone,
   UITableViewScrollPositionTop,
   UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle,
   UITableViewScrollPositionBottom
} UITableViewScrollPosition;
Constants
UITableViewScrollPositionNone

The table view scrolls the row of interest to be fully visible with a minimum of movement. If the row is already fully visible, no scrolling occurs. For example, if the row is above the visible area, the behavior is identical to that specified by UITableViewScrollPositionTop. This is the default.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewScrollPositionTop

The table view scrolls the row of interest to the top of the visible table view.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle

The table view scrolls the row of interest to the middle of the visible table view.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewScrollPositionBottom

The table view scrolls the row of interest to the bottom of the visible table view.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

Discussion

You set the scroll position through a parameter of the selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition:, scrollToNearestSelectedRowAtScrollPosition:animated:, cellForRowAtIndexPath:, and indexPathForSelectedRow methods.

Declared In
UITableView.h

Table Cell Insertion and Deletion Animation

The type of animation when rows are inserted or deleted.

typedef struct {
   UITableViewRowAnimationFade,
   UITableViewRowAnimationRight,
   UITableViewRowAnimationLeft,
   UITableViewRowAnimationTop,
   UITableViewRowAnimationBottom,
   UITableViewRowAnimationNone
} UITableViewRowAnimation;
Constants
UITableViewRowAnimationFade

The inserted or deleted row or rows fades into or out of the table view.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewRowAnimationRight

The inserted row or rows slides in from the right; the deleted row or rows slides out to the right.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewRowAnimationLeft

The inserted row or rows slides in from the left; the deleted row or rows slides out to the left.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewRowAnimationTop

The inserted row or rows slides in from the top; the deleted row or rows slides out toward the top.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewRowAnimationBottom

The inserted row or rows slides in from the bottom; the deleted row or rows slides out toward the bottom.

Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

UITableViewRowAnimationNone

No animation is performed. The new cell value appears as if the cell had just been reloaded.

Available in iPhone OS 3.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

Discussion

You specify one of these constants as a parameter of the insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:, insertSections:withRowAnimation:, deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:,deleteSections:withRowAnimation:, reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:, and reloadSections:withRowAnimation: methods.

Declared In
UITableView.h

Section Index Icons

Requests icon to be shown in the section index of a table view.

UIKIT_EXTERN NSString *const UITableViewIndexSearch;
Constants
UITableViewIndexSearch

If the data source includes this constant string in the array of strings it returns in sectionIndexTitlesForTableView:, the section index displays a magnifying glass icon at the corresponding index location. This location should generally be the first title in the index.

Available in iPhone OS 3.0 and later.

Declared in UITableView.h.

Notifications

UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification

Posted when the selected row in the posting table view changes.

There is no userInfo dictionary associated with this notification.

Availability
Declared In
UITableView.h


Last updated: 2009-11-17

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