Any option to mount the tableview to a UIView?

[EdmundLeex]

If I want to place the table view at a specific spot, how can I do that?

I currently kinda just hack it by adding a parentView open var in QuickTableViewController. Then I have the option to set the parentView.

// viewDidLoad
parentView = parentView ?? view
parentView?.addSubview(tableView)

Does this library already provide a way to do it that I just didn't know?

[bcylin]

I think an easier way to do this is to embed the QuickTableViewController inside another view controller:

class ParentViewController: UIViewController {

  private lazy var childViewController: QuickTableViewController = QuickTableViewController()

  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    childViewController.tableView.frame = // set the frame to a specific spot
    view.addSubview(childViewController.tableView)

    // Other container view controller management, such as:
    // addChildViewController(childViewController)
    // childViewController.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
  }

}

[EdmundLeex]

This should work. Thanks.
But I feel like it might be a better api if it can be easily mounted as a child to any view.

[bcylin]

Thanks for your feedback. Do you have any thoughts on how this API would look like?

[EdmundLeex]

What do you think about something like this

override func viewDidLoad() {
  super.viewDidLoad()
  self.parentView = uiView
  self.setupTableView()
}

I am doing something quite similar. And it's quite easy to reason about. The only change would just be moving the setup logic out of viewDidLoad, and adding a parentView public var. Let me know what you think. Happy to put together a PR.

[bcylin]

This is also a nice way to achieve what you need. The tableView is already a subview of a parent view, which is the controller.view. I think it's possible to do so without any modification:

class YourViewControlller: QuickTableViewController {

  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // the tableView is a subview of self.view
    tableView.frame = // a specific spot
  }

}

[EdmundLeex]

I can try this out. As a beginner hacking things together, I am using a storyboard. That's why the view way is easy for me.

[EdmundLeex]

@bcylin that works great. Thanks!