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iOS

Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points
Posted by Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

Search Bar with Segmented Control for tableView?

Would anyone happen to know how i can use the UISearchBar that comes with the scopeBar (in interface Builder) to dynamically switch between 3 different prototype cells within one tableView.

I have a TableViewController with its own subclass. I've added the searchBar with the scope bar to the project.

The Goal: Im using the search bar to search through the friends, but i want the information to change when i select a certain index of the segmented control/scope bar.

What i have now: within the cellForRowAtIndexPath method I'm using a switch case to transition between the selected states of the scope bar.

switch (self.mySearchBar.selectedScopeButtonIndex)
{
   case 0:
self.cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
             return self.cell;
  break;

case 1:
self.cell2 = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell2" forIndexPath:indexPath];
             return self.cell2;
break;

}

seems simple. However, i cant figure out a way to return a different prototype Cell depending on the selected index. I've declared the cells in the header (to make them accessible globally) but the return function will not allow me to return a specific prototype cell based on the selected index of the scope bar.