Reducing the length of a long for/if statement - objective-c

Question

I'm currently trying to make the code of an app I'm developing a bit more efficient and easier to read. Basically what this does is retrieve an array from NSUserDefaults of player names, and fills in the 6 text boxes (tagged 6-11) with these names. If there isn't an existing array it'll use another set of names. Any ideas for simplifying this code would be appreciated.
if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
NSMutableArray *names = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:#"nameArray"]];
for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:i inSection:0];
UITableViewCell *cell = [playerTable cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
for (UIView *view in cell.contentView.subviews) {
if ([view isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
UITextField *txtField = (UITextField *)view;
if (txtField.tag == 6) {
if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"]) {
txtField.text = [names objectAtIndex:0]; }
else {
txtField.text = #"Peter";
}
}
if (txtField.tag == 7) {
if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"]) {
txtField.text = [names objectAtIndex:1]; }
else {
txtField.text = #"Julia";
}
}
if (txtField.tag == 8) {
if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"]) {
txtField.text = [names objectAtIndex:2]; }
else {
txtField.text = #"Durgan";
}
}
if (txtField.tag == 9) {
if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"]) {
txtField.text = [names objectAtIndex:3]; }
else {
txtField.text = #"Bob";
}
}
if (txtField.tag == 10) {
if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"]) {
txtField.text = [names objectAtIndex:4]; }
else {
txtField.text = #"Iseland";
}
}
if (txtField.tag == 11) {
if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"]) {
txtField.text = [names objectAtIndex:5]; }
else {
txtField.text = #"Player";
}
}
}
}
}
[self saveNames];
}

Answer 1

Your could do this:
NSArray *defaultNames = #[#"Peter", #"Julia",...];
int offsetIndex = 6;
BOOl needCustomNames = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:#"customNames"];
for (UIView *view in cell.contentView.subviews)
{
if ([view isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]])
{
UITextField *txtField = (UITextField *)view;
int index = [txtField tag]-offsetIndex;
if (tag >= 6 && tag <= 11)
{
if (needCustomNames)
textField.text = [names objectAtIndex:index];
else
textField.text = [defaultNames objectAtIndex:index];
}
}
}
For example, you called too many times the same lines in the for loop, like checking if you need to use or not a custom names (NSUserDefaults line).
I use an NSArray for the custom names to mimic the same logic, and used an offset to clarify it.

Answer 2

I would recommend to analyse your Code for redundance and exclude them in separate methods. so you have to call only the extern method than every code-party again and again.