iOS SDK Programming A Beginners Guide

Chapter 10Tables Using UITableView and UITableViewController

Key Skills & Concepts

• Understanding table views

• Understanding table view delegates

• Understanding table view data sources

• Grouping and indexing table rows

• Selecting table rows

• Modifying a table’s appearance

• Using a table in a navigation controller

• Editing a table’s rows

Table views display content in a list. Tables have a single column and multiple rows. They can scroll vertically and display large data sets. For example, the Notes application is a good example of an application containing a table. Notes’ first screen is a list consisting of zero or more notes. In Figure 10-1, the list contains three notes. Each row presents the note’s text, its transcription time, and ...