iOS program to use multiple UITableView in a single UIViewController

Question

I am trying to implement 3 tables in a single segue in a storyboard. When one table is selected it will unhidden a view with another table and likewise one more. The following code i have used for one table the cell format of each table is different and rows also vary. So how can i DIFFERENTIATE between each table by coding to set different number of rows for each table and so on?

-(NSInteger) numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return 1;
}
-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return  3;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell2";
    UITableViewCell *cell1 = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell1==nil)
{
    cell1=[[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
    temp=[array objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    UILabel *Label1 = (UILabel *)[cell1 viewWithTag:4];
    Label1.text = temp.Title;
    UILabel *Label2 = (UILabel *)[cell1 viewWithTag:6];
    Label2.text = temp.Title;
    UITextField *textfield1 = (UITextField *)[cell1 viewWithTag:5];
    textfield1.text =temp.description;
    UILabel *Label3 = (UILabel *)[cell1 viewWithTag:7];
    Label3.text = temp.Title;
    return cell1;
}
-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    self.showlist=[[ShowList alloc]initWithNibName:@"ShowList" bundle:nil];
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
    ShowlistIndex=indexPath.row;
    _secondview.hidden=NO;
}

Answer 1

You should declare your tableViews in .h file.

@property (weak, nonatomic) UITableView *firstTableView;
@property (weak, nonatomic) UITableView *secondTableView;
@property (weak, nonatomic) UITableView *thirdTableView;

And then all the delegate methods have variable with pointing witch object call this method, so you can check:

-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    if(tableView == self.firstTableView)
       return  3;
   else if(tableView == self.secondTableView)
       return 4;
   else if(tableView == self.thirdTableView)
      return 100;
}

The other delegate methods work in the same way.

Answer 2

You can keep track of the different tableviews using class properties e.g.:

@property (nonatomic, strong) UITableView *tableView1;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UITableView *tableView2;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UITableView *tableView3;

In the delegate methods you can check for the correct tableView e.g.:

if (tableView == self.tableView1) {
    // add code for tableView1
} else if (tableView == self.tableView2) {
    // add code for tableView2
} else if (tableView == self.tableView3) {
    // add code for tableView3
} else {
    // unknown tableView
}