I'm totally baffled. Does any one have any idea how this can happen? In the many languages I've worked with, when you add an object to an array, the array ACTUALLY CONTAINS THAT OBJECT. Object-C doesn't seem to work that way. Ok-- that felt better. I'm doing Chapter 3 UsingViews2. Most of the code from below can be found on pp. 59-61. I'm trying to do things in a more elegant way-- I hate just copying stuff from a book.

BTW, it behaves the same way even it I don't declare it as a property.I'm baffled. I never initialize imageArray anywhere, as in:
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray initWithCapacity:16];

However, I never get a runtime error when I try to add objects to it or query its size, which is always 0. I've worked with Obj-C before and I've always had to initialize object before I used them or I would get an error. I'm not getting what has changed in this SDK.

my header file:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <stdlib.h>

@interface UsingViews2ViewController : UIViewController {

IBOutlet UIPageControl *pageControl;
IBOutlet UIImageView *imageView1;
IBOutlet UIImageView *imageView2;
NSMutableArray *imageArray;
UIImageView *tempImageView, *bgImageView;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) UIPageControl *pageControl;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UIImageView *imageView1;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UIImageView *imageView2;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *imageArray;

@end

my implementation:

#import "UsingViews2ViewController.h"

@implementation UsingViews2ViewController

@synthesize pageControl;
@synthesize imageView1, imageView2;
@synthesize imageArray;

// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010579.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010580.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010581.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010582.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010583.jpg"];

// I just added 5 objects to imageArray, unless my eyes deceive me...
NSLog(@"number of objects: %d", [imageArray count]);

//[imageView1 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[imageArray objectAtIndex:arc4random()%[imageArray count] ] ] ];
[imageView1 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[imageArray objectAtIndex:0 ] ] ];

tempImageView = imageView2;

//[pageControl numberOfPages:[imageArray count] ];
// -- make the first imageView visible and hide the second
[imageView1 setHidden:NO];
[imageView2 setHidden:YES];
[pageControl addTarget:self
action:@selector(pageTurning:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
[super viewDidLoad];
}

-(void) pageTurning: (UIPageControl *) pageController {
NSInteger nextPage = [pageController currentPage];
// at least my PageController works...
NSLog(@"turning page: %d", nextPage);
NSLog(@"number of objects: %d", [imageArray count]);
//NSEnumerator *imageArrayEnum = [imageArray objectEnumerator];
NSObject *object;
for ( NSString *object in imageArray ) {
// never executes these statements...
NSLog(@"selecting image %s",(NSString *)[imageArray objectAtIndex:nextPage]);
if ( [imageArray indexOfObject:object] == nextPage ) {
[tempImageView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:(NSString *)object]];
break;
}
}

}


output of log file:

[Session started at 2011-02-18 23:10:14 -0500.]
2011-02-18 23:10:24.644 UsingViews2[41954:207] number of objects: 0
2011-02-18 23:10:24.646 UsingViews2[41954:207] turning page: 1
2011-02-18 23:10:24.646 UsingViews2[41954:207] number of objects: 0
2011-02-18 23:10:24.854 UsingViews2[41954:207] number of objects: 0
2011-02-18 23:10:24.854 UsingViews2[41954:207] turning page: 2
2011-02-18 23:10:24.855 UsingViews2[41954:207] number of objects: 0



As always-- thanks for any ideas.

-prm

You have never allocated the array, and that is the problem.
imageArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
or
imageArray = [NSMutableArray array];
etc.
will resolve your issue.
Bob

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to do anything:
[imageArray initWithCapacity:32];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010579.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010580.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010581.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010582.jpg"];
[imageArray addObject:@"P1010583.jpg"];
NSLog(@"number of objects: %d", [imageArray count]);

What baffles me is that the imageArray object never complains about being sent the 'addObject' and 'count' messages. My previous experience with XCode tells me that I should get some sort of error sending a specific message to an uninitialized object. Anyway, thanks for you help.

Since imageArray is not allocated it is set to nil. Sending messages to nil is perfectly valid in Objective C.

Insert
and you will see it points to 0x0 without an alloc.
Don't follow your response, about doesn't seem to do anything. You can't -initWithCapacity until you allocate first.
will allocate and initialize the array. Calling
without an alloc first does not work. It must be used in the nested
imageArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:32];
Attempting to call it separately throws an exception, and causes a crash. The -initWithCapacity method is not and cannot be called directly by an instance of NSMutableArray. During the allocation and initialization process it is called by one of the class cluster's abstract private classes, whose public face is the NSMutableArray.


Acceptable allocation and initialization would be
or
or
Bob