UIRefreshControl on viewDidLoad

Question

I\'m using the following code to create a UIRefreshControl:

- (void) viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    UIRefreshControl *refreshControl = [[UIRefre         


        

Answer 1

Another option is fire a UIControlEventValueChanged in your viewDidAppear: to trigger an initial refresh.

Answer 2

   - (void) viewDidAppear: (BOOL) animated
   {
          [super viewDidAppear: animated];
          UIRefreshControl *refreshControl = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init];
          [refreshControl addTarget:self action:@selector(doLoad) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
          self.refreshControl = refreshControl;
          [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];    

   }

You never set self.refreshControl

Answer 3

Manually modifying the contentOffset is insecure and wrong and can lead to unexpected behavior in some cases. This solution works without touching the contentOffset at all:

func showRefreshControl(show: Bool) {
    if show {
        refreshControl?.beginRefreshing()
        tableView.scrollRectToVisible(CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1), animated: true)
    } else {
        refreshControl?.endRefreshing()
    }
}

Answer 4

Try this:

- (void) viewWillAppear: (BOOL) animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear: animated];

    self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, -self.refreshControl.frame.size.height);
    [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];    

    // kick off your async refresh!
    [self doLoad];
}

Remember to call endRefreshing at some point!

EDIT to add full working sample:

This sample view controller, built and run in iOS6.1 as the root viewcontroller starts with the UIRefreshControl already visible and animating when the app launches.

TSTableViewController.h

@interface TSTableViewController : UITableViewController
@end

TSTableViewController.m

#import "TSTableViewController.h"

@implementation TSTableViewController
{
    NSMutableArray*    _dataItems;
}

- (void) viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.refreshControl = [UIRefreshControl new];

    [self.refreshControl addTarget: self
                            action: @selector( onRefresh: )
                  forControlEvents: UIControlEventValueChanged];
}

- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear: animated];

    self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, -self.refreshControl.frame.size.height);

    [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];
    [self onRefresh: nil];
}

- (void) onRefresh: (id) sender
{
    double delayInSeconds = 2.0;
    dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(delayInSeconds * NSEC_PER_SEC));
    dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){

        _dataItems = [NSMutableArray new];

        for ( int i = 0 ; i < arc4random() % 100 ; i++ )
        {
            CFUUIDRef uuid = CFUUIDCreate( NULL );

            [_dataItems addObject: CFBridgingRelease(CFUUIDCreateString( NULL, uuid)) ];

            CFRelease( uuid );
        }

        [self.refreshControl endRefreshing];

        [self.tableView reloadData];
    });
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger) numberOfSectionsInTableView: (UITableView *) tableView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *) tableView numberOfRowsInSection: (NSInteger) section
{
    return _dataItems.count;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UITableViewCell *cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle: UITableViewCellStyleDefault
                                                   reuseIdentifier: nil];

    cell.textLabel.text = [_dataItems objectAtIndex: indexPath.row];

    return cell;
}

@end