Trouble on parsing JSON and displaying it on UITableView - json

Question

I have this url: http://maps.google.com.br/maps/api/directions/json?origin=porto+alegre&destination=novo+hamburgo&sensor=false
And this code:
- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
[connection release];
NSString *responseString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[responseData release];
NSMutableDictionary *theDictionary = [responseString JSONValue];
NSLog(#"%#", theDictionary);
[responseString release];
if (theDictionary != nil)
{
NSArray *routesArray = [theDictionary objectForKey:#"routes"];
NSDictionary *firstRoute = [routesArray objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *legsArray = [firstRoute objectForKey:#"legs"];
NSDictionary *firstLeg = [legsArray objectAtIndex:0];
steps = [firstLeg objectForKey:#"steps"];
}
[tableView reloadData];
}
I want to display every single #"html_instructions" on a uitableview.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
// Return the number of rows in the section.
return [self.steps count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"cachedCell"];
if (cell == nil)
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]
initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:#"cachedCell"] autorelease];
return cell;
}
What's missing in my code??? Should be some little detail... any help would be GREAT!

Answer 1

I would do it like this:
Create url request with your url
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc]init];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://maps.google.com.br/maps/api/directions/json?origin=porto+alegre&destination=novo+hamburgo&sensor=false"]];
then create NSData structure, that holds response to the request and I converted it to string
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil]; //Or async request
NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
After that, you load JSON into Dictionary, then to move one level down, pass it to another dictionary (result 1)
NSError *error=nil;
result = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:returnData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
result1 = [result objectForKey:#"routes"];
result2 = [result1 objectForKey:#"legs"];
Then move it into NSMutableArray
jsonMutArray= [result2 objectForKey:#"steps"];
From there, you just put label into your custom cell attach it as a IBOutlet, synthetize and do in cellForRowAtIndexPath method
cell.yourLabel.text = [jsonMutArray objectForKey:#"html_instructions"];
However, keep in mind, that I'm just begginer, so this might not be the most effective way of doing it :) Good Luck!

Answer 2

Don't you need to be doing something like this in your CellForRowAtIndexPath ?
NSString *cellValue = **WHATEVER VALUE YOU WANT TO PUT IN**;
cell.textLabel.text = cellValue;
return cell;
I don't see you adding your data to the cell.