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iOS Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App Relating Users in Parse.com Removing Friends by Tapping on a Table View Cell

Posted by Conor McCarter
Conor McCarter
687 Points

Should friends list save and update between screens?

For some reason, when I add friends in the Edit Friends screen, the backend is updated to reflect this change, but when I move back to the Friends list screen, there is no change. Then, if I go back to the Edit Friends screen, the changes are not saved but rather, the screen that i initially saw before is there (check/non-checked list). Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong? Or where something is not being updated?

My inclination is that we have not programmed this functionality. I am thinking this because our array in the Friends page is not mutable.

Any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

1 Answer

Trevor Gerzen
Trevor Gerzen
2,749 Points
Trevor Gerzen
Trevor Gerzen
2,749 Points

What I'm seeing in mine is that when I uncheck and check different friends it shows up on Parse.com like you mentioned, but when I look at the friends list the same friends I had marked as friends from before this section are still listed there. So if I have Test01, Test02, Test03, and Test04 and I mark 2/4 as friends before completing this section, then when I go back after completing the section to remove those friends it won't update in the UI.