If you’re an iOS app developer, chances are you’ll be using table views in your development projects. Table views are the bread and butter of iOS apps. With them, you can create everything from the simplest of lists to fully tricked-out user interfaces.

Table views are one of the most complex components found in UIKit. While using them for boring standard user interfaces is quite simple, customizing them can become really challenging.

Pro iOS Table Views takes a task-oriented focus to assist you when implementing customized table views. Although it delves deeply into the Table View API, you can always decide in which level of detail you want to dive in. It’s aimed to be a great reference and customization cookbook at the same time, useful for beginners as well as intermediate developers.

Covers the entire Table View API in depth
Covers customization and performance topics in depth
Task-oriented reference with multiple levels of detail

Note: source code for this title is currently available for download at: https://github.com/timd/Pro-iOS-TableViews

What you’ll learn

The anatomy of tables and cells
The design patterns that power the table view
How to create and configure table views
How to customize every last little detail of the table view
How to use table views on the iPad
Advanced tips and tricks for performance and killer user interfaces
The latest updates in iOS 5 and how to exploit them

Who this book is for

The book is targeted at iOS developers who need to customize Table Views. The information is divided into several layers of detail. While the book covers complex customization topics and user interaction techniques, it provides the fundamental basics needed for customization. Both beginners and intermediate developers will find great value in this book as a helpful reference, at hand to quickly refresh their knowledge at any given time.
Table of Contents

Table views from the ground up
How the table fits together
Feeding the table with data
How the cell fits together
Using tables for navigation and static content
Indexing table content, grouping & sorting table content
Selecting & editing table content
Customizing cells
Improving the cell’s interaction
iPad