1. Add a New File, subclass of ViewController, to your project. In my example, the name of my class is ViewController.
2. Open ViewController.xib and drag a pickerview to your xib file.
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UIPickerView *myPickerView; //.h
@synthesize myPickerView; //.m
4. Connect your IBOutlet property to the object in your .xib file.
5. Go back to your ViewController.h, and make your interface header look like this:
@interface ViewController : UIViewController<UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate>
6. On your viewDidLoad, set the delegate and datasource of your pickerview to self;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
myPickerView.delegate = self;
myPickerView.dataSource = self;
}
7. Add an array that will hold your items for you.
If your items are constant, use NSArray, else, use NSMutableArray.
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *itemsArray; //.h
@ synthesize itemsArray; //.m
8. Initialize your array.
itemsArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"Item 1", @"Item 2", @"Item 3", @"Item 4", @"Item 6", nil];
9. Add these delegate and datasource methods of pickerview in your ViewController.m class:
#pragma mark - UIPickerView DataSource
// returns the number of 'columns' to display.
- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView
{
return 1;
}
// returns the # of rows in each component..
- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
return [itemsArray count];
}
#pragma mark - UIPickerView Delegate
- (CGFloat)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView rowHeightForComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
return 30.0;
}
- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
return [itemsArray objectAtIndex:row];
}
//If the user chooses from the pickerview, it calls this function;
- (void)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView didSelectRow:(NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
//Let's print in the console what the user had chosen;
NSLog(@"Chosen item: %@", [itemsArray objectAtIndex:row]);
}
10. Done! Hit Run!
