Populating NSTableView from array in Swift (without XCode) - xcode

Question

I'm trying to develop for OS X without the use of XCode in Swift. I'm running into extreme headaches trying to populate NSTableView from any kind of data source. Here is my code:
import Cocoa
class StupidDataSource: NSObject, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate {
var lib:[NSDictionary] = [["a": "1", "b": "2"],
["a": "3", "b": "4"]]
func numberOfRowsInTableView(tableView: NSTableView) -> Int {
return lib.count
}
func tableView(tableView: NSTableView,
objectValueForTableColumn tableColumn: NSTableColumn?,
row: Int) -> AnyObject? {
let result = lib[row].objectForKey(tableColumn!.identifier)
return result
}
}
func make_table(window: NSWindow,
_ size:(x:Int, y:Int, width:Int, ht:Int),
_ title:String,
_ data:StupidDataSource
)-> NSTableView {
let tableContainer = NSScrollView(frame:NSMakeRect(0, 0, 400, 400))
let tableView = NSTableView(frame: NSMakeRect(0, 0, 400, 400))
tableView.setDataSource(data)
tableView.reloadData()
tableContainer.documentView = tableView
tableContainer.hasVerticalScroller = true
window.contentView!.addSubview(tableContainer)
return tableView
}
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
let window = NSWindow()
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(aNotification: NSNotification)
{
set_window_args(window, 400, 400, "Ass")
let dumb_dict = StupidDataSource()
let tableytable = make_table(window, (100, 100, 0 ,0), "poop", dumb_dict)
window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(window)
window.level = 1
}
}
let app = NSApplication.sharedApplication()
app.setActivationPolicy(.Regular)
let controller = AppDelegate()
app.delegate = controller
app.run()
This can be run at the command line with "swift file.swift". I have implemented the methods required for NSTableViewDataSource, and initialized everything correctly according to Apple's documentation, yet nothing shows up in the table. What is missing?

Answer 1

I'm no expert but it looks to me as though your tableView function is just returning the contents of the relevant row from the dictionary.
I personally return a cell as an NSView? like:-
func tableView(tableView: NSTableView, viewForTableColumn tableColumn: NSTableColumn?, row: Int) -> NSView?
{
if let cell = myViewBasedTableView.makeViewWithIdentifier(tableColumn!.identifier, owner: nil) as? NSTableCellView
{
cell.textField!.stringValue = "Hello";
// Instead of "Hello". Put the contents of one element from your
// dict in here. This func is called automatically for every cell
// in the grid.
return cell;
}
return myEmptyDefaultCell;
}
Having said that maybe your example is correct for Cell Based tableView. I never used one of them so don't know. I always use viewBased table view. I often put little images/icons in the cells as well as text using code like:
cell.textField!.stringValue = "Hello";
cell.imageView!.image = smileyFace;
return cell;