UITableViewController

UITableView is a view object, so, according to Model-View-Controller, it knows how to draw itself, but that’s it. It doesn’t handle application logic or data. Thus, when using a UITableView, you must consider what else is necessary to get the table working in your application

  • A UITableView typically needs a view controller to handle its appearance on the screen.

  • A UITableView needs a data source. A UITableView asks its data source for the number of rows to display, the data to be shown in those rows, and other tidbits that make a UITableView a useful user interface. Without a data source, a table view is just an empty container. The dataSource for a UITableView can be any type of Objective-C object as long as it conforms ...

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