STXDynamicTableView: An Objective-C repository from MehmetBal

#STXDynamicTableView

STXDynamicTableView is designed to solve the common use case to display a feed of photos with their corresponding likes, caption, and comments. It's inspired by Instagram feed table view.

##Example Project

Open STXDynamicTableViewExample.xcworkspace to build and run. Otherwise, use cocoapods to update the existing 3rd party libraries (Pods) in the sample code, and then run

$ pod install

##Usage

Import the whole STXDynamicTableView source files into your project, and import the main header file:

 #import "STXDynamicTableView.h"

Supply your table view in the view controller, then set the delegate and data source:

STXFeedTableViewDataSource *dataSource = [[STXFeedTableViewDataSource alloc] initWithController:self tableView:self.tableView];
self.tableView.dataSource = dataSource;
self.tableViewDataSource = dataSource;

STXFeedTableViewDelegate *delegate = [[STXFeedTableViewDelegate alloc] initWithController:self];
self.tableView.delegate = delegate;
self.tableViewDelegate = delegate;

Populate your data models to the table view data source:

NSDictionary *instagramPopularMediaDictionary = [jsonObject objectWithJSONSafeObjects];
if (instagramPopularMediaDictionary) {
    id data = [instagramPopularMediaDictionary valueForComplexKeyPath:@"data"];
    NSArray *mediaDataArray = [data objectWithJSONSafeObjects];
    
    NSMutableArray *posts = [NSMutableArray array];
    for (NSDictionary *mediaDictionary in mediaDataArray) {
        STXPost *post = [[STXPost alloc] initWithDictionary:mediaDictionary];
        [posts addObject:post];
    }
    
    self.tableViewDataSource.posts = [posts copy];
    
    [self.tableView reloadData];
}

Your data models need to conform to STXPostItem, STXCommentItem, and STXUserItem to be able to use the built-in table view data source and delegate.

##Background

Read Rebuilding Instagram feed table view to understand the challenges, difficulties, and how do we solve the issue of rebuilding the table view style popularized by Instagram app with Auto Layout.

##Disclaimer STXDynamicTableView is simply a reusable code that you can use in your own project for any purpose as outlined in the LICENSE file. It's not a fully-fledged library, although we're taking steps to go there as time allows.

##Feedback We'd love to hear feedback. Create Github issues, pull requests, or hit us up on Twitter.

##Credits This project uses the following 3rd party libraries:

Tyler Fox for PureLayout
Mattt Thompson for AFNetworking and TTTAttributedLabel
Krzysztof Zabłocki for KZPropertyMapper
Mysterious Trousers for MTJSONUtils
Bobby Williams for MHPrettyDate
Urban Apps for UALogger

##License STXDynamicTableView is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

MehmetBal/STXDynamicTableView