How to manage 2 tableviews in 1 viewController?

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Does anyone know a simple way to manage several tableViews in one viewController? Here is how I've been doing it so far: ``` -(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView { if(tableView == self.tableView1) return 1; else if(tableView == self.tableView2) return 2; } -(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section { if(tableView == self.tableView1) return @"bla"; else if(tableView == self.tableView2) return @"blabla"; } -(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { if(tableView == self.tableView1) ... else if(tableView == self.tableView2) ... } ``` I find it really annoying that I have to use an if/else statement for EVERY SINGLE delegate method. Plus, it is really hard to read when there are many tableViews. Besides, I have the same problem with NSURLConnection, etc... As soon as I have several objects that respond to the same delegate protocol, things get messy. What is the…

Accepted Answer

You could use selectors and some kind of identifier for the table views (the `UIView` tag, for example). Something like this:

```
-(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
  return [self performSelector:NSSelectorFromString([NSString stringWithFormat:@"tableView%d:titleForHeaderInSection:", tableView.tag])];
}
```

Of course you will need to have one method for each of your table views. Suppose your two tables have a the tags 100 and 101, you will have then `tableView100:titleForHeaderInSection` and `tableView101:titleForHeaderInSection`.

How to manage 2 tableviews in 1 viewController?

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