Why isn't there NSArrayController for the iPhone?

Question

Why isn't there NSArrayController for the iPhone? Will there ever be an NSArrayController for the iPhone?

Mccreery

Answer 1

Why isn't there NSArrayController for the iPhone?

Because it's part of the Application Kit. The iPhone doesn't have Application Kit; it has UIKit instead.

Also, it exists on the Mac to complement Bindings, which doesn't exist on the iPhone.

Will there ever be an NSArrayController for the iPhone?

Ask Apple. Better yet, file an enhancement request. File one for Bindings while you're at it, since there's not much point in having NSArrayController without it.

Calicut

Perhaps I'm being juvenile, but is it impossible to create a poor man's nsarraycontroller, and in a sense "fake" bindings by using lots of key-value observations between a core data entity and an nsarray? Granted, I'm more of a tourist when it comes to Core Data, but I'm surprised there's just nothing for this. – Drover

Answer 2

While it is not the same as NSArrayController, NSFetchedResultsController serves many of the same purposes.

Of course, we're not allowed to talk about NSFetchedResultsController yet, but I wonder what would happen if you searched the Apple docs for it?

Just saw this old answer of mine needed an update: It is allowed to talk about NSFetchedResultsController now.

Unconcern