Icons within initWithStyleDeafult on app - objective-c

I am trying to set an icon up in the place of this little black square. I could even make it a single letter of text. The trick is, I want to do it based on an attribute of the cell.
So my question is two fold. How do I change that box, and how can I do an if, elseif, else for the three categories the attributes are in?
Let me know what code you'd like to see, and I'll edit here.
Thanks for any help
http://i.imgur.com/NH7L29q.png
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I've got the syntax for the icons
cell.imageView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Urgent.png"];
Now my question is how do I declare and utilize one of the attributes of the cell/item for my if statement?
Here's my code for the elements in my store
if (self.changeList.count>0) {
for (int i = 0; i < self.changeList.count; i++) {
NSDictionary *coItem = self.changeList[i];
[[BNRItemStore sharedStore]
addItemWithApproverEid:coItem[#"approverEid"]
assignmentGroup:coItem[#"assignmentGroup"]
changeOrder:coItem[#"changeOrder"]
subcategory:coItem[#"subCategory"]
title:coItem[#"title"]
];

You are setting the image in your tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath, so you have access to all of the data for that cell, just use that data to determine what image you want to show.
Set your default image, then override based on your logic.

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Kotlin button listener

I want to increase the value of i every time the button is clicked
I've tried this code but it's not working.
val textview = findViewById<TextView>(R.id.texttest)
var i = 10
bookbutton.setOnClickListener {
i++
}
textview.text = "$i"
You have to set the text inside the listener:
bookbutton.setOnClickListener {
i++
textview.text = "$i"
}
Your listener is updating the value of i — but that's not having any visible effect because by then it's too late: the text shown in your textview has already been set.
Let's review the order of events:
Your code runs. That creates a text view and a variable, sets a listener on the button, and sets the text in the text view.
At some later point(s), the user might click on the button. That calls the listener, which updates the variable.
So while your code sets the listener, the listener does not run until later. It might not run at all, or it might run many times, depending on what the user does, but it won't run before you set the text in the text view.
So you need some way to update the text when you update the variable. The simplest way is to do explicitly it in the listener, e.g.:
bookbutton.setOnClickListener {
textview.text = "${++i}"
}
(There are other ways — for example, some UI frameworks provide ways to ‘bind’ variables to screen fields so that this sort of update happens automatically. But they tend to be a lot more complex; there's nothing wrong with the simple solution.)

replacement for tabbar selected index

I have an old app where I have 5 tabs. Each tab have list of ads & there is details. Also each tab have respective add ad. Design for all 5 tabs is same except some changes, so I decided to use 1 screen only for all 5 tabs.
Now what I am doing is while add ad, I am checking which tab I am and based on tab bar index, I am showing hiding fields. Same is applicable for details screen also. Sample code is as shown below.
if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==0) {
field1.hidden = NO;
} else if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==1) {
field1.hidden = NO;
} else if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==2) {
field1.hidden = NO;
} else if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==3) {
field1.hidden = NO;
} else if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==4) {
field1.hidden = YES;
}
Now I have around 15 fields for each form so I write this code for all fields.
What I noticed that client change the tab bar position continuously so I was looking for efficient way of doing it.
Right now what I do is at all places manually change index positions by doing Search-Replace, however I dont like this.
I was looking for a way where instead of selectedIndex, I was looking for someconstant value that I will assign to tab item of tab bar, so my code will change as below
if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==adType_News) {
field1.hidden = NO;
} else if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==adType_Occasions) {
.
.
And so on...
This way, I only need to change in the storyboard and code level will not have any changes.
Is there way where I can achieve this?
Main Issue
As client ask to change tab bar completely, I need to make changes of selectedIndex changes at all places which I don't like and feel more in-efficient way. So I was looking for a way where I will make change in storyboard only and coding level there won't be any change.
The main issue for me is changing selectedIndex in all files which make more error.
I think I understand the question to mean that the code is full of number literals, referring to the selected index of the tabbar, and the business requirements about the ordering of items are shifting. Fix by changing the literals to something symbolic that can be controlled centrally:
// in a new file, indexes.h
#define INDEXA (0)
#define INDEXB (1)
#define INDEXC (2)
// wherever existing code refers to the tab selection
#import "indexes.h"
// in the code, for example if selectedIndex == 2, change to
if (self.tabBarController.selectedIndex==INDEXC) {
// ...

how to verify view is scrollable in mobile application (Automation)

Anyone knows automation script to verify a view (homePage/Browse) is scrollable or not. i can use ScrollTo(id) which is at the bottom of the page. But it is not a correct method to do, as test case passes if that element present in 1st page
Basically You cannot. You could try to cast the view to ScrollView class however any custom view can implement scroll.
Get the coordinates of any particular element like button etc unique element.
Swipe using driver.swipe() to 100 or more pixels.
And get the coordinates of that element again and check whether x or y coordinates changed or not.
This will let you know whether it is a single page application or more to scroll.
Basically there is no API to check the view is scrollable or not but if you still require this then you can do work around
#Test
public void testVerticalScroll()
{
//Try to Scroll till the 15th row
driver.scrollTo("List item:15");
//Assert that the 1st row is not visible.
Assert.assertFalse( driver.findElement(By.name("List item:01")).isDiaplyes())
//Assert that the 15th row is not visible.
Assert.assertTrue( driver.findElement(By.name("List item:15")).isDiaplyes())
}
You can consider the last visible element as "YourText" But this is
just a workaround that needs to be customized for each page.
Here we are using swipe until we find the element. In this case, the last visible element indicates the margin of the page.
Dimension dimensions = driver.manage().window().getSize();
Double screenHeightStart = dimensions.getHeight() * 0.5;
int scrollStart = screenHeightStart.intValue();
System.out.println("s="+scrollStart);
Double screenHeightEnd = dimensions.getHeight() * 0.2;
int scrollEnd = screenHeightEnd.intValue();
for (int i = 0; i < dimensions.getHeight(); i++) {
driver.swipe(0,scrollStart,0,scrollEnd,2000);
if (driver.findElement(By.name("YourText")).size()>0)
exit;
}
driver.findElement(By.name("YourText")).click();
There is a way to check it. You have to find a layer that you will target for example:
MobileElement scrollableLayer= driver.findElementById("elementID");
Then you will extract attribute value "scrollable" of that element like this:
String scrollableState = scrollableLayer.getAttribute("scrollable");
And then you can check if the String value is true or false.
if (scrollableState.equals("true")){System.out.println("it's scrolable"); }else{System.out.println("it's not scrolable");}
Or you can do whatever you want with it :)

SpriteKit displaying variable number

What is the best way to display some value (that changes as the game runs) on the screen in iPhone SpriteKit? The only way I can think of is SKLabelNode, but it's probably not meant to be used like this and also I can't find any way to measure its width, which makes me unable to position it correctly (I want it to be in the bottom right corner). Thanks in advance :).
#Edit
My attempt at doing this:
SKLabelNode *someLabel = [SKLabelNode labelNodeWithFontNamed:#"Chalkduster"];
someLabel.text = some_string;
someLabel.fontSize = 30;
someLabel.fontColor = [SKColor blackColor];
someLabel.position = CGPointMake(some_int, 15);
[self addChild:someLabel];
The values of some_string and some_int change as the game runs, so someLabel is removed, someLabel.text and someLabel.position are re-assigned, and the label is added again. Yes, I am aware that this is a bad way to do this...
Unfortunately, SKLabelNode is your simplest bet, it's just not the most robust tool.
You just want to update its text and its position when you need to. Your code is correct, and if you want to get its actual size, then you would get the width of its frame.
update text:
someLabel.text = theNewText;
update position:
someLabel.position = theNewPosition;
get relative width
float widthOfLabelFrame = someLabel.frame.size.width;
additional alignment settings that might help (vertical baseline is the default):
someLabel.horizontalAlignmentMode = SKLabelHorizontalAlignmentModeRight;
someLabel.verticalAlignmentMode = SKLabelVerticalAlignmentModeBaseline;

Problems in my AS2 Game

Hey guys, I'm trying to make a 2D Platform style game similar to this game below:
http://www.gameshed.com/Puzzle-Games/Blockdude/play.html
I have finished making most of the graphic, and areas, and collision, but our character is still not able to carry things. I'm confused as to what code to use so that my character can carry the blocks. I need help as to how to make our character carry blocks that are in front of him, provided that the blocks that don't have anything on top of it. This has been confusing me for a week now, and any help would be highly appreciated. :D
I fondly remember my first AS2 game. The best approach is probably an object oriented approach, as I will explain.
In AS2, there is a hittest method automatically built into objects. There is a good tutorial on Kirupa here:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/hittest.htm
also
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/Flash_10.0/help.html?content=00001314.html
First you'll want to generate your boxes using a Box class. Your class would need to look something like the following:
//Box.as pseudo-code
class Box {
var x_pos:Number;
var y_pos:Number;
var attachedToPlayer:Boolean;
function Box(_x:Number, _y:Number) {
this.x_pos = _x;
this.y_pos = _y;
}
//other code here
}
See this tutorial on how to attach a class to an object in the library:
http://www.articlesbase.com/videos/5min/86620312
To create a new Box, you'd then use something like
box1 = new Box(100,200);
// creates a box at position 100x,200y
However, you'll also want to store the blocks you want to pickup into some sort of array so you can loop through them. See http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1383/flash-actionscript-create-an-array-of-objects-from-a-unique-class/
Example:
//somewhere near the top of your main method, or whereever your main game loop is running from - note Box.as would need to be in the same folder
import Box;
//...then, somewhere before your game loop
//create an array to hold the objects
var boxArray:Array = new Array();
//create loop with i as the counter
for (var i=0; i<4; i++)
{
var _x:Number = 100 + i;
var _y:Number = 100 + i;
//create Box object
var box:Box = new Box();
//assign text to the first variable.
//push the object into the array
boxArray.push(box);
}
Similarly, you would need a class for your player, and to create a new Player object at the start of your game, e.g.
var player = new Player(0,0);
You could then run a hittest method for your player against the blocks in your array for the main game loop (i.e. the loop that updates your player's position and other game properties). There are probably more efficient ways of doing this, e.g. only looping for the blocks that are currently on the screen.
Once your array has been created, use a foreach loop to run a hittest against your player in your game's main loop, e.g.
//assuming you have an array called 'boxArray' and player object called 'player'
for(var box in boxArray){
if (player.hittest(box)) {
player.attachObjectMethod(box);
}
}
This is basically pseudo-code for "for every box that we have entered into the array, check if the player is touching the box. If the box is touching, use the box as the argument for a method in the player class (which I have arbitrarily called attachObjectMethod)".
In attachObjectMethod, you could then define some sort of behavior for attaching the box to the player. For example, you could create a get and set method(s) for the x and y position of your boxes inside the box class, along with a boolean called something useful like attachedToPlayer. When attachObjectMethod was called, it would set the box's boolean, e.g. in the Player class
//include Box.as at the top of the file
import Box;
//other methods, e.g. constructor
//somewhere is the Player.as class/file
public function attachObjectMethod (box:Box) {
box.setattachedToPlayer(true);
//you could also update fields on the player, but for now this is all we need
}
Now the attachedToPlayer boolean of the box the player has collided with would be true. Back in our game loop, we would then modify our loop to update the position of the boxes:
//assuming you have an array called 'boxArray' and player object called 'player'
for(var box in boxArray){
if (player.hittest(box)) {
player.attachObjectMethod(box);
}
box.updatePosition(player.get_Xpos, player.get_Ypos);
}
In our Box class, we now need to define 'updatePosition':
//Box.as pseudo-code
class Box {
var x_pos:Number;
var y_pos:Number;
var attachedToPlayer:Boolean;
function Box(box_x:Number, box_y:Number) {
this.x_pos = box_x;
this.y_pos = box_y;
}
public function updatePosition(_x:Number, _y:Number) {
if (this.attachedToPlayer) {
this.x_pos = _x;
this.y_pos = _y;
}
}
//other code here
}
As you can see we can pass the player's position, and update the box's position if the attachedToPlayer boolean has been set. Finally, we add a move method to the box:
public function move() {
if (this.attachedToPlayer) {
this._x = x_pos;
this._y = y_pos;
}
}
Examples of updating position:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/P-flash/T-How-to-smoothly-slide-objects-around-in-Flash/ID-17/
Finally, to make it all work we need to call the move method in the game loop:
//assuming you have an array called 'boxArray' and player object called 'player'
for(var box in boxArray){
if (player.hittest(box)) {
player.attachObjectMethod(box);
}
box.updatePosition(player.get_Xpos, player.get_Ypos);
box.move();
}
You have also specified that the blocks should only move with the player if they have nothing on top of them. When you call your attachedToPlayer method, you would also need to run a foreach loop inside the method between the box and the objects that might sit on top of the box. You should now have a fair idea from the above code how to do this.
I appreciate that this is quite a lengthy answer, and I haven't had an opportunity to test all the code (in fact I'm fairly positive I made a mistake somewhere) - don't hesitate to ask questions. My other advice is to understand the concepts thoroughly, and then write your own code one bit at a time.
Good luck!
The way I would do this is to design an individual hit test for each block he will be picking up, then code for the hit test to play a frame within the sprite's timeline of him carrying a block, and to play a frame within the block to be picked up's timeline of the block no longer at rest (disappeared?).
Good Luck if you're confused about what I've said just ask a little more about it and I'll try to help you if I can.