Get one NSArray

Question

I was wondering how to combine two array\'s into one array.

I want the combined tableView to show the most recent

Answer 1

I would keep a single property for the table data:

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *tableDataList;

and have a method that is called in each success block:

- (void)addTableData:(NSArray *)items
{
    [self.tableDataList addObjectsFromArray:items];
    [self.tableDataList sortUsingDescriptors:...];

    [self.tableView reloadData];
}

to which you pass mappingResult.array and you fill in the sort descriptor information to get your timeline ordering.

Then your table view delegate / data source methods are really simple and just refer to self.tableDataList.

This is relatively similar to the answer from @Larme. From here I would get the item and check the class to decide how to configure the cell:

id item = [self.tableDataList objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

if ([item isKindOfClass:[Feed class]]) {
    Feed *feed = (Feed *)item;
    ... // configure the feed cell
} else {
    Data *data = (Data *)item;
    ... // configure the data cell
}