iOS Magnifying Glass Image for TableView Index?

PhoneyDeveloper

macrumors 68040

Original poster

• Sep 3, 2008

• #1

How do I add the Magnifying Glass image to an index for a UITableView? I have a table that has a UI very similar to the contacts tableview in the Contacts app. I have a search bar in the first row and an index of the letters A-Z. In the sectionIndexTitlesForTableView: delegate method I return the array of section index titles as required.

Each title needs to be an NSString* and I can't find a unicode character for a magnifying glass. Contacts.app has a magnifying glass. Anyone know how to do this?

 

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BrianARice

macrumors newbie

• Sep 15, 2008

• #2

I asked Apple about this... and they said that this was a feature they have not exposed in the SDK.

 

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davidbk1

macrumors newbie

• Apr 28, 2009

• #3

It's been a while but I found the solution. Use @"{search}"

 

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rafiki270

macrumors newbie

• Nov 3, 2011

• #4

is it Aplle "Leagal" to use this?

or is it some private API?

 

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North Bronson

macrumors 6502

• Nov 3, 2011

• #5

UIKIT_EXTERN NSString *const UITableViewIndexSearch __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_NA,__IPHONE_3_0);