How can I maintain display order in UITableView using Core Data?

Question

I\'m having some trouble getting my Core Data entities to play nice and order when using an UITableView.

I\'ve been through a number of tutorials and other questions

Answer 1

I took a look at your code and this might work better:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)fromIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)toIndexPath {         

    NSUInteger fromIndex = fromIndexPath.row;  
    NSUInteger toIndex = toIndexPath.row;

    if (fromIndex == toIndex) {
        return;
    }

    FFObject *affectedObject = [self.fetchedResultsController.fetchedObjects objectAtIndex:fromIndex];  
    affectedObject.displayOrderValue = toIndex;

    NSUInteger start, end;
    int delta;

    if (fromIndex < toIndex) {
        // move was down, need to shift up
        delta = -1;
        start = fromIndex + 1;
        end = toIndex;
    } else { // fromIndex > toIndex
        // move was up, need to shift down
        delta = 1;
        start = toIndex;
        end = fromIndex - 1;
    }

    for (NSUInteger i = start; i <= end; i++) {
        FFObject *otherObject = [self.fetchedResultsController.fetchedObjects objectAtIndex:i];  
        NSLog(@"Updated %@ / %@ from %i to %i", otherObject.name, otherObject.state, otherObject.displayOrderValue, otherObject.displayOrderValue + delta);  
        otherObject.displayOrderValue += delta;
    }

    [self FF_fetchResults];  
}