iOS Trouble with UITableview and Data. Please help.

Hey guys this is my first post.

I'm writing an app and I want to show a tableview displaying a list of currently installed applications such as:
Appstore
Photos
Preferences
Safari

In a table view.

The three things I don't know are:

1. How to set up a table view
2. How to read data (like from var/mobile/apllications)
3. How to save data

dejo said:

4. How to count.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

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Sorry that was a typo and it's cool I don't mind a joke.


Ps it's not about jailbroken stuff, it's about getting a table view out of applications list

fishkorp said:

It clearly is, but you edited your post to make it seem like it's not. You said it was for Winterboard themes so you wanted a list of applications installed I don't think there's a public API for getting applications. There are certainly private ones to do it though, look at Erica Sadun's AppFlow (or whatever it was called) as an example. She made an app launcher in CoverFlow style. (I think it got rejected both for using CoverFlow and for accessing the application list, but I could be wrong on that last part)

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No realy it's not I'm not a jailbreak freak I just wanted to make a cool app (like a goal to work towards) and it seemed to be a good challenge and I'm not releasing it or anything and all my other apps are strictly non-jailbroken
The reason I removed that part was because I didn't want people thinking I'm a jailbreak developer still I would like to know
how.

fishkorp said:

It clearly is, but you edited your post to make it seem like it's not. You said it was for Winterboard themes so you wanted a list of applications installed I don't think there's a public API for getting applications. There are certainly private ones to do it though, look at Erica Sadun's AppFlow (or whatever it was called) as an example. She made an app launcher in CoverFlow style. (I think it got rejected both for using CoverFlow and for accessing the application list, but I could be wrong on that last part)

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Thanks for the help. I promise I won't ask for any more jailbroken apps help but still I'm a relatively new programmer and I do need real help on legit apps.

dejo said:

Well then, for a legit app, no. You don't have access to list of currently installed applications.

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Ok thanks for your help. Do you have any ideas for an app that's useful for learning? I've already writen a calculator app I want to try a view based app that involves switching views cause I know how to do that.

You seem like an experianced programmer what was your next step??

Ps I've already read books.

Pps by the way I'm not that old (barely a teenager) but I devoted to it and kept at it. I may very well be the youngest programmer for apple ever.

Zac atack303 said:

Ok thanks for your help. Do you have any ideas for an app that's useful for learning? I've already writen a calculator app I want to try a view based app that involves switching views cause I know how to do that.

You seem like an experianced programmer what was your next step??

Ps I've already read books.

Pps by the way I'm not that old (barely a teenager) but I devoted to it and kept at it. I may very well be the youngest programmer for apple ever.

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I'm not bragging about it i'm only 13 so I don't expect to be good that's all I was saying and I have nothing on appstore I can't even develope on my iPod touch cause I don't have the "propper disk image" it says to contact apple I asume that is where u pay the money.

Btw I've already recreated some apps.
I need to know how to store a string there's an app my dad wants me to write, for memorization, he's been giving me ideas (he doesn't help me at all I'm doing this all on my own he doesn't know the first thing about apple) basicly an app that let's you type a string that you want to memorize then have the app store it and create an "entrée" named whatever you want it to be named then when you click on the entrée you have to type the first letter of each word example:
For god so loved
You type: f
iPhone displays: for
Then you type: g
Iphone displays: god
Then you type: s
iPhone displays: so
Then (you mess up): h
iPhone displays: incorrect

Basicly I need to know how to save/read/load the following:
Entree list
Entrée string
Entrée name

I'd apreciate any help thanks

PhoneyDeveloper said:

Zack, You should get one of the iPhone development books, read through it and do the exercises. That's probably the fastest way to learn.

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Thanks, um I read programming in objective c 2.0 by Stephen kochan.
But it's not really about iPhone so any suggestions??? Prefferably one that assumes prior asotiation with objective C.

Oh right and not the iPhone developers cookbook. I read part and I don't really like it.

Any suggestions on good books???

Thanks guys I'll look into it