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iOS

Posted by Noah Teshu
Noah Teshu
14,555 Points

Table cell sizing and location in diary app

I'm having some difficulty with the diary app. My code for dynamically resizing the height of the table cell doesn't seem to be working. I'm experiencing a lot of collision issues, especially with longer posts. The body and location text go well beyond the table divider/inset. I've scrutinized the heightForEntry method very carefully, but haven't been able to find anything.

Also, location services are not working in the simulator, or on a device. The code looks identical to me. I've also checked that location services are turned on and that the specific app has permission.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've been playing with this all day, and could really use a second set of eyes. Thanks!

https://github.com/Noah-T/Diary-With-Core-Data

2 Answers

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

Hello Noah Teshu, I've had a look a the code, and the location settings just needed two new changes (iOS 8's fault!)

One was in viewDidLoad of NATEntryViewController.m, this one line needed adding [self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];

and the other was in the info tab of project settings (go to project navigator, press diary at the top and navigate over to the info tab, in the list 'custom iOS target properties' add a new key called "NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription" of type string, and give it the value of "Request permission to use location service when the apps is in background." and run the app, location should be working! Just having a look into the autosizing now, hope this helps, Kieran

Noah Teshu
Noah Teshu
14,555 Points
Noah Teshu
Noah Teshu
14,555 Points

It worked! Thank you for taking the time to look over my code.

Initially this didn't work, but at the suggestion of a Stack Overflow post, I tried editing the info.plist file in an external text editor (instead of in Xcode). Again, kind of weird, but once I put the key and value in there, it was fine.

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

Glad it worked mate! maybe Ben Jakuben, Amit Bijlani, Stone Preston, Ash Furrow can help with the cell resizing problem, I'm stumped!

Noah Teshu
Noah Teshu
14,555 Points

Thanks for trying!

I know iOS 8 has brought some new possibilities for autosizing cells, but I'd like to understand how to make this method work, too. If any of the teachers could please look over this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.