Thanks for your replies
@chown33: you've got what I really want. perhaps a simple string replace is the answer.
@plinden: Im reading about TouchJSON right now.
I'll tell you about the data.
Currently, I'm dealing with a simple TableView with datasource from a simple NSArray with NSStrings (These strings come from sqlite db). Its pretty straight forward. No problems at all.
SQL Call returns this string:
Code:
@"THis is string 1;This is string two;This is string 3 and all these can be of variable length";
As you can see, string is delimited with a semi-colon ";" which i use to simply return it as an array. Hence, I've got an array with count = 3.
Each object in the returned array solely contains ONLY a string. =
(1 NSString)
Now, I'd like to expand/complicate stuff, to make it display Images, side notes, other texts APART from the current data.
In other words, Each object in the NEW Array should have Images (can be varying in number), A side text, and the current text. =
(2 NSStrings, 1 or More Image).
To make things simple, I thought of completely abandoning the SQL db storage and jump to XML. and the outlet would be a UIWebView rather than the previous UITableView.
Also, to keep my future sane, I chose XML to preserve crossplatform usage of same data. Web, iOS utilising same xml files.
The reason of choosing WebView was Automation, basically, I couldnt code a good enough tableView cell and auto realigns stuff when perhaps an object is absent.
Heres what I am about to try out. convert the data from simple delimited texts to XML files with addition of images, subtexts etc.
Code:
<section>
<title>THis is string 1</title>
<subtext>New Text Added</subtext>
<image>image1.png</image>
</section>
<section>
<title>This is string two</title>
<subtext>New text added here.. variable length</subtext>
<note>Another kinda string</note>
</section>
//Notice this section has no IMAGE!
<section>
<title>This is string 3 and all these can be of variable length</title>
<image>image3.png</image>
<image>image4.png</image>
</section>
//Notice there are no subtexts, notes here but two images
Thats basically the format of the data I have currently in mind.
I want to use this type to keep it readable and perhaps use it in a different platform in the future without issues.
It'll be a pain though converting the delimited texts of my db into large files like these.
And as chown33 mentioned, perhaps i'll simply add this data type to an html template with "replaced" html tags and use a UIWebView.
Thanks for reading all this, im jus tired now.. ANY more suggestions are great
