iPad - How do I load the first cell from the RootView automatically into the DetailView upon launch?

Question

The title pretty much asks it all. I've been coming back and trying to implement this every few days, but I cant seem to get it to work. I'd assume the code to set the detailItem from launch goes in the viewDidLoad, but at this point I am clueless.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

--Tyler

Answer 1

You can use the selectRowAtIndexPath delegate:

[tblMyTable selectRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0] animated:NO scrollPosition:0];

Of course, replace [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0] with the section / row that you want to automatically set.

You can either put this in your viewDidLoad or viewWillAppear: delegate.

Also, make sure that you define your tblMyTable (or whatever you have named your table) in your header, hooked it up through Interface Builder (if your using a custom XIB), and use @synthesize in your .m

And the didSelectRowAtIndex: should be called when you use that method, so as long as your detailItem code is in didSelectRowAtIndex, you should be good.