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Szabolcs Varga
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How do i make a Parse query for a username that was added to a UITextField?

I have a UITextfield called searchField, a UIButton called searchButton and a Table View. I want to query for the username that was written into the UITextField and display the result in the table view.

It would be amazing, if somebody could help me to figure out the right way. I tried to do this way without any success:

'''objective-c

  • (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad];

    mainArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"User", nil];

    }

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

    -(UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"thisCell"]; cell.textLabel.text = [mainArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]; return cell; }

    • (IBAction)searchButton:(id)sender { NSString *searchResult = [self.searchField.text stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];

      PFQuery *query = [PFUser query]; [query whereKey:@"username" equalTo:@"searchResult"]; [query includeKey:@"username"]; [query getFirstObjectInBackgroundWithBlock:^(PFObject *object, NSError *error) { if (object) { PFUser *user = (PFUser *)object; NSLog(@"Username: %@", user[@"username"]); } }];'''

3 Answers

Unsubscribed User
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Örülök, hogy segíthettem. :) A továbbiak in English: You just need replace the type of mainArray in the header to NSMutableArray and the initialization in the viewDidLoad to 

mainArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"User", nil];

Here is the useful link for difference between NSArray and NSMutableArray: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1345215/difference-between-nsarray-and-nsmutablearray

Szabolcs Varga
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Szabolcs Varga
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Mukodik! Szuper, koszi szepen. Kb. tegnap reggel ota szenvedtem a dologgal. Legkozelebb itt kezdem egybol :))

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You can use PFQueryTableViewController instead of UITableViewController, here you find the documentation: https://parse.com/docs/ios_guide#ui-tables/iOS (use the @"_User" for parseClassName property)

But if you still use UITableViewController, this code is working for me: ([query includeKey:] method is just used, when you need fetch related objects, documentation: https://www.parse.com/docs/ios_guide#objects-pointers/iOS or http://blog.parse.com/2011/12/06/queries-for-relational-data/)

- (IBAction)searchButton:(id)sender {
  NSString *searchResult = [self.searchField.text stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];

  PFQuery *query = [PFUser query];
  [query whereKey:@"username" equalTo:searchResult];
  [query getFirstObjectInBackgroundWithBlock:^(PFObject *object, NSError *error) {
  if (object) {
            PFUser *user = (PFUser *)object;
            NSLog(@"Username: %@", user.username);
            if (mainArray.count > 0) {
                 [mainArray replaceObjectAtIndex:0 withObject:user.username];
            } else {
                 [mainArray addObject:user.username];
            }
            [self.tableView reloadData];
        }
    }];
}

I hope that I helped.

Szabolcs Varga
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Szabolcs Varga
Szabolcs Varga
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Koszonom szepen, hogy szantal idot a dologra! Kiraly, hogy pont belebotlottam egy magyarba :). A lenyegi reszt irom inkabb angolul, hogy masok is ertsek ;).

I have to use a normal Table View because PFQTVC can't be a subclass of a UIViewController . I tried the code and got this error : No visible @interface for 'NSArray' declares the selector 'addObject:'. Is it because mainArray is an instance variable in this block? (I declared it in the .h and also allocated in the viewDidLoad) Or any idea?

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Bocs, véletlenül nem erre nyomtam reply-t, de lentebb megtalálod a válaszokat. :)

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or if you want to use the NSArray, you just reinitialize the array with the username.

- (IBAction)searchButton:(id)sender {
  NSString *searchResult = [self.searchField.text stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];

  PFQuery *query = [PFUser query];
  [query whereKey:@"username" equalTo:searchResult];
  [query getFirstObjectInBackgroundWithBlock:^(PFObject *object, NSError *error) {
  if (object) {
            PFUser *user = (PFUser *)object;
            NSLog(@"Username: %@", user.username);
            mainArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:user.username, nil];
            [self.tableView reloadData];
        }
    }];
}