Send NSArray to NSTableView - objective-c

Question

What is the easiest way to send the data stored in an NSArray to a NSTableView and display it line by line?
For example:
NSArray has data [a, b, c]
I want the NSTableView to say:
a
b
c
The NSTableView only needs 1 column.

Answer 1

You don't "send" things to NSTableView. NSTableView asks you for things. It does so via the NSTableViewDataSource protocol. So all you need to do is implement the two required methods from that (-numberOfRowsInTableView: and -tableView:objectValueForTableColumn:row:), and connect the tableview's data source outlet to your object.
Documentation for NSTableViewDataSource is here: https://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Protocols/NSTableDataSource_Protocol/Reference/Reference.html

Answer 2

You need to explore UITableViewDelegate and UiTableViewDataSource delegate methods:
#pragma mark --- Table View Delegate Methods ----------------------------
//Handles the selection of a cell in a table view
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}
//Defines the number of sections in a table view
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}
//Defines the header of the section in the table view
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return nil;
}
//Defines the number of rows in each section
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 1;
}
//Defines the content of the table view cells
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
cell.textLabel.text = [myDataArray objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];//<-pay attention to this line
return cell;
}