Implementing a UITableView and it's Controller - xcode

Question

I am trying to implement programmatically a UITableView.
I have a UIView (named IndexView). Here is the constructor :
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self)
{
MyTableViewController* favorite_table_view_controller = [[MyTableViewController alloc] init];
UITableView* theTableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 65, 280, 350) style:UITableViewStylePlain];
theTableView.delegate = favorite_table_view_controller;
theTableView.dataSource = favorite_table_view_controller;
[self addSubview:theTableView];
}
return self;
}
MyTableViewController is defined this way :
#interface MyTableViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate>
And implements the two necessary functions :
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return data.count;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleValue1 reuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
[cell.textLabel setText:[data objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
return cell;
}
And I get this error :
[__NSMallocBlock__ tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x6897de0
2012-07-18 12:07:24.607 ButtonsTest[22854:f803] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSMallocBlock__ tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x6897de0'
I think there is a problem when I'm binding the controller to the view. But I can't find where.
Any idea where does the problem come from ?

Answer 1

You should not construct your viewcontroller from a view. It should be done the other way around.(construct views from UIVIewControllers)
make a ViewController that subclasses UIViewController and then let it implement the UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource. If you still need to control the UITableView from a another controller class setup this connection in the parent UIViewController, never from the View itself. That is the basic premise of the MVC used intensively in iOS