Paging PFQueryTableViewController automatically

ios, objective-c, parse-platform

Solution

Here is the code that works in my test project. I do get the error that you get when `numberOfRowsInSection` is not commented out. I do see load more cell but it automatically loads the rest of the cells let me know if that helps

#import "ParseDataTableViewController.h"

@implementation ParseDataTableViewController


- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if (self) {
        // Custom the table

        // The className to query on
        //self.parseClassName = @"ParseTest";

        // The key of the PFObject to display in the label of the default cell style

        // The title for this table in the Navigation Controller.
        self.title = @"Test";

        // Whether the built-in pull-to-refresh is enabled
        self.pullToRefreshEnabled = YES;

        // Whether the built-in pagination is enabled
        self.paginationEnabled = YES;

        // The number of objects to show per page
        self.objectsPerPage = 15;
    }
    return self;
}




- (IBAction)nextPage:(id)sender
{
    [self loadNextPageInTable];
}

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)aScrollView {
    CGPoint offset = aScrollView.contentOffset;
    CGRect bounds = aScrollView.bounds;
    CGSize size = aScrollView.contentSize;
    UIEdgeInsets inset = aScrollView.contentInset;
    float y = offset.y + bounds.size.height - inset.bottom;
    float h = size.height;
    float reload_distance = 15;
    if(y > h + reload_distance) {
        NSLog(@"load more rows");
        [self loadNextPageInTable];
    }
}

-(void) loadNextPageInTable {

    [self loadNextPage];
    NSLog(@"NEW PAGE LOADED");
}


- (PFQuery *)queryForTable {


    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"Name BEGINSWITH 't'"];
    PFQuery *followQuery = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"ParseTest" predicate:predicate];


    return followQuery;

}

/*-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {

    return self.objects.count;
}*/



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


    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"DataCell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

    cell.textLabel.text = object[@"Name"];

    return cell;

}



@end

Problem

My goal is to setup the pagination with a `PFQueryTableViewController`. I would be satisfied with one of these solutions: 1, Paging the table view automatically. As in instance, if `objectsPerPage = 10` the `tableView` loads the next 10 objects when the actual row is the 10. row and so on. 2, Paging with a "load more cell" `UITableViewCell`. As I see it is the popular solution, so I would also love this variation. Actually I'm getting no errors when I try the second solution, it just simply doesn't work. I've added a new cell on the Storyboard and created a class for it, and checked the AnyPic and other related codes as a starting point. As I see I should display the `LoadMoreCell` cell when the number of the rows are less than the `objects.count`. I tried it several ways, but nothing works, I can't display the `LoadMoreCell` anyway. Here's my try: ``` - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES]; if (indexPath.row < self.objects.count) { NSLog(@"THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL ROW %d", indexPath.row); NSLog(@"cell tapped"); } else { // load more [self loadNextPage]; NSLog(@"LOAD NEXT PAGE"); } } - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForNextPageAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { static NSString *LoadMoreCellIdentifier = @"loadmore"; LoadMoreTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:LoadMoreCellIdentifier]; if (!cell) { cell = [[LoadMoreTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:LoadMoreCellIdentifier]; cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray; cell.loadMoreLabel.text = @"LOAD MORE CELLS"; NSLog(@"NO CELL"); } return cell; } ``` The other part of my implementation is the last code part of the question. My original question covers my attempts with the first (paging automatically ) variation. My original question: I have a working `PFQueryTableViewController`, but I'm unable to setup the pagination for it. My plan is simple, I want to load the next page when the user scrolled to the bottom of the table view. If the table displays 10 item/page I would like to display the next 10 item when the 10. cell appeared. Actually I'm detecting when the user reached the bottom of the table and then call `[self loadNextPage]` for the new items, but the app crashes with this error: Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'attempt to delete row 10 from section 0 which only contains 10 rows before the update' I don't really understand this issue, because the datasource (an array) has more than 40 objects that can be loaded. Here's how I manage the method call (pagination is enabled at `initWithCoder`) ``` - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)aScrollView { CGPoint offset = aScrollView.contentOffset; CGRect bounds = aScrollView.bounds; CGSize size = aScrollView.contentSize; UIEdgeInsets inset = aScrollView.contentInset; float y = offset.y + bounds.size.height - inset.bottom; float h = size.height; float reload_distance = 10; if(y > h + reload_distance) { NSLog(@"load more rows"); [self loadNextPageInTable]; } } -(void) loadNextPageInTable { [self loadNextPage]; NSLog(@"NEW PAGE LOADED"); } ``` And here is the table view setup ``` - (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder { self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder]; if (self) { self.parseClassName = @"followClass"; self.pullToRefreshEnabled = YES; self.paginationEnabled = YES; self.objectsPerPage = 10; } return self; } - (PFQuery *)queryForTable { if (![PFUser currentUser]) { return nil; } PFQuery *followQuery = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"self.parseClassName"]; [followQuery whereKey:@"followed" equalTo:[PFUser currentUser]]; return query; } -(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section { return self.objects.count; } - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath object:(PFObject *)object { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"followCell"; FeedTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; cell.followLabel.text = object[@"username"]; cell.avatar.file = object[@"image"]; [cell.avatar loadInBackground]; return cell; } ```

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