UITableView does not enter editing mode - objective-c

Question

I've tried many times to create a table view and delete certain rows, I even asked this question here before and implemented what they advised but yet failed to even get my table
ViewController.h
#interface XYZViewController : UIViewController<UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) UITableView *myTable;
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *names;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIBarButtonItem *editButton;
- (IBAction)editMyTable:(id)sender;
#end
ViewController.m
#implementation XYZViewController
#synthesize names, myTable, editButton;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//input values into the mutable array
names = [[NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:
#"Bob",
#"Chris",
#"Tom"
, nil];
editButton = self.editButtonItem;
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return #"Friends";
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [self.names count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//create an identifier
static NSString *identifier;
//create the cell with the identifier
UITableViewCell *cell = [myTable dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifier];
//check if cell is nil
if (cell == nil) {
//assign cell
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identifier];
}
//assign the names of the array to each cell
cell.textLabel.text = [names objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
- (IBAction)editMyTable:(id)sender
{
[editButton setTitle:#"Done"];
[myTable setEditing:YES animated:YES];
}
- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animated {
[super setEditing:editing animated:animated];
[myTable setEditing:editing animated:animated];
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return YES;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
//remove from array
[names removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
//remove from tableView
[myTable deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
}
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView shouldIndentWhileEditingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return NO;
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#end
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Any help is much appreciated! Thank you in advance! :)

Answer 1

It appears that your issue is that you have not wired up your myTable property. It is not an IBOutlet and nowhere in your code do you establish the connection. When you call [myTable setEditing:YES animated:YES]; it is sending it to a nil table. You can verify this by printing out myTable's value before calling the edit method: NSLog(#"%#", myTable);.
Also you should remove your overriding of setEditing:animated: since you are a UIViewController subclass and not a UITableView subclass. Just making your initial call in your IBAction should be enough.