Array to UITableView

Question

This sounds like it's easy and from the tutorials it looks very easy.

I have followed the tutorials from their words EXACTLY and still can not get the array to display on my UITableView.

Here is my code.

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
   [super viewDidLoad];
   // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
   salesArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

  //Add items
  [salesArray  addObject:@"Credit"];
  [salesArray  addObject:@"Debit"];
  [salesArray  addObject:@"EBT"];


  //Set the title
  self.navigationItem.title = @"Sale Type's";
}

-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
                      numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{return [salesArray count];}

-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
        cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
  static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
  UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
  if(cell == nil)
  {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero 
    reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier]autorelease];
  }
  NSString *value = [salesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
  cell.textLabel.text = value;
  return cell;
}

And yes, I have declared it in the .h file and the .m file.
Any help in any directions would be great, thank you!

Answer 1

Declare your salesArray as your property and in the the cellForRowAtIndexPath, use

cell.textLabel.text = [self.salesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

Answer 2

I am assuming that your view controller extends UITableViewController? If so, you just need to add this line at the end of your viewDidLoad and/or viewDidAppear methods:

[self.tableView reloadData];

Also, I would use self.salesArray instead of salesArray. Not exactly sure what the difference is, but I have had issues in the past not prepending "self" to some of my variables.