Objective C Objects Only Being Changed In Method Scope - objective-c

Question

I am making a chat application, and when the person logs onto the chat successfully, the server replies with the people that are online at that moment. That string (the server sends a string) gets converted to a NSMutableArray, which is then stored into a NSMutableArray called tableData, which is the data source for a NSTableView. When the online people are stored into tableData, the NSLog output shows that tableData is filled. However, when that method is done, and the login view is closed, in the debugger tableData says 0 Objects, and the NSTableView doesn't fill, which it normally does. Here is are my methods (one calls another):
- (void)getPeople:(NSString *)outputMessage
{
NSArray *newTableData = [outputMessage componentsSeparatedByString:#";"];
self.tableData = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:newTableData];
//[self.tableData removeObjectAtIndex:0];;
NSLog(#"Data: %#", self.tableData);
[self.people reloadData];
}
- (void)accessGrantedWithOnlineUsers:(NSString *)users
{
NSLog(#"Access Granted");
self.isLoggedIn = YES;
[self.loginButton setTitle:#"Logout"];
[self getPeople:users];
}
Here is my method that opens and closes the login view:
- (IBAction)loginToChat:(id)sender {
NSLog(#"Called");
if (self.loginPopover == nil) {
NSLog(#"Login Popover is nil");
self.loginPopover = [[NSPopover alloc] init];
self.loginPopover.contentViewController = [[LoginViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LoginViewController" bundle:nil];
}
if (!self.loginPopover.isShown) {
NSLog(#"Login Popover is opening");
[self.loginButton setTitle:#"Cancel"];
[self.settingsButton setEnabled:NO];
[self.send setEnabled:NO];
[self.message setEnabled:NO];
[self.loginPopover showRelativeToRect:self.loginButton.frame ofView:self.view preferredEdge:NSMinYEdge];
}
else {
NSLog(#"Login Popover is closing");
if (self.isLoggedIn) {
[self.loginButton setTitle:#"Logout"];
}
else {
[self.loginButton setTitle:#"Login"];
}
[self.settingsButton setEnabled:YES];
[self.send setEnabled:YES];
[self.message setEnabled:YES];
[self.loginPopover close];
}
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated because I have a deadline for this project.

Answer 1

Instead of
self.tableData = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:newTableData];
can you try
self.tableData = [newTableData copy];
The only thing i can think of is - is the tableData a strong property?

Answer 2

After this
self.tableData = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:newTableData];
write this snippet:
[self setTableData:tableData]