Multi-View TableView with RootController - objective-c

Question

I am trying to create a multi-view app with navigation template. I want table on the bottom part of initial view, with other views (image view, labels, etc) on the top.
Originally I modified RootViewController.xib to resize tableview, and added image view, but nothing displayed except full-size table.
So I modified RootViewController.xib to add UIView, then added a UITableView and UIImageView to that view. I added IBOutlet for the tableView. In my RootViewController.xib, File'S Owner (RootViewController) has outlet connection to the view and the table view. When I right-click the UITableView, I see the referencing outlet to File's Owner. When I right-click the UIView, I see the referencing outlet to File's Owner. (I don't have an outlet to UIImageView, since I don't modify in code; do I need one?).
However, when I launch the app, it crashes with message:
'NSInternalInconsistencyException',
reason: '-[UITableViewController loadView] loaded the "RootViewController" nib but didn't get a UITableView.'
Here is the cellForRowAtIndexPath method:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *QuizIdentifier = #"QuizIdentifier";
UITableViewCell *cell =
[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:QuizIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]
initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:QuizIdentifier]
autorelease];
}
// Configure the cell.
UIImage *_image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon"];
cell.imageView.image = _image;
NSInteger row = [indexPath row];
cell.textLabel.text = [_categories objectAtIndex:row];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
return cell;
}

Answer 1

You're getting that error because when you create a navigation-based iOS app, Xcode makes the RootViewController a subclass of UITableViewController. Once you combine that UITableView with a normal UIView, your subclass no longer complies with the UITableViewController class. So, in your RootViewController.m and .h files change UITableViewController to UIViewController. You may also need to change a few other things in your init method, but let's just start with this.
Try this:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSLog(#"\n\nI'm in Root / cellForRowAtIndexPath");
static NSString *QuizIdentifier = #"QuizIdentifier";
UITableViewCell *cell =
[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:QuizIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]
initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:QuizIdentifier]
autorelease];
UIImage *_image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon"];
cell.imageView.image = _image;
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
}
// Configure the cell.
NSInteger row = [indexPath row];
cell.textLabel.text = [_categories objectAtIndex:row];
NSLog(#" We are at row %i with label %# ", row, cell.textLabel.text);
return cell;
}