MTBlockTableView

An iOS Table View that uses block-based delegation instead of protocols.

Installation

1. Preferred way is CocoaPods, (not available quite yet).
2. Copy MTBlockTableView.h and MTBlockTableView.m into your project from the MTBlockTableView target

Usage

MTBlockTableView is an experimental, drop-in replacement for UITableView which uses blocks for all protocol methods:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [_tableView setNumberOfRowsInSectionBlock:^NSInteger(UITableView *tableView, NSInteger section) {
        return 10;
    }];
    
    [_tableView setCellForRowAtIndexPathBlock:^UITableViewCell *(UITableView *tableView, NSIndexPath *indexPath) {
        UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell"];
        
        cell.textLabel.text = [@(indexPath.row) stringValue];
        
        return cell;
    }];
}

Discussion

The motivation for this library is a proof-of-concept that delegation through protocols could be replaced by delegation through blocks, and in many circumstances would be much move expressive and convenient for programmers. See this blog post for more thorough examples.

Limitations

• The UITableViewDelegate methods are not yet implemented, only the UITableViewDataSource methods.

To-dos

1. Finish UITableViewDelegate implementation and testing.

Contributing

Be sure to run the tests in the MTBlockTableViewTests target before submitting pull requests.