UITabBarController + UITableView = Errors!

I am trying to figure out how to use a UINavigationController, UITabBarController, and UITableView together.

I started with a Navigation-based app, and at one point push a UIViewController (called CarViewController) onto the navigationController. I want to use a TabBar within the CarViewController, so I dragged a UITabBarController into CarViewController's .xib, declared a IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabBarController in the .h file, synthesized it in the .m file, then in Interface Builder I connected File's Owner -> tabBarController to the tab bar controller and made File's Owner the tab bar's delegate.

This works just fine with tabs for other UIViews, but the problem I'm having is that I cannot get any tabs to work that have UITableViewControllers. The debugger claims there's an error in tableView:numberOfRowsInSection but I have an NSLog in there that's not even being run.

Here's what the debugger output is:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIViewController tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x592f1d0'
*** Call stack at first throw:
(
 0   CoreFoundation                      0x0238e919 __exceptionPreprocess + 185
 1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x024dc5de objc_exception_throw + 47
 2   CoreFoundation                      0x0239042b -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 187
 3   CoreFoundation                      0x02300116 ___forwarding___ + 966
 4   CoreFoundation                      0x022ffcd2 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
 5   UIKit                               0x001c9a24 -[UISectionRowData refreshWithSection:tableView:tableViewRowData:] + 1834
 6   UIKit                               0x001cb9c1 -[UITableViewRowData rectForFooterInSection:] + 108
 7   UIKit                               0x001cb24d -[UITableViewRowData heightForTable] + 60
 8   UIKit                               0x0008e596 -[UITableView(_UITableViewPrivate) _updateContentSize] + 333
 9   UIKit                               0x0007db7e -[UITableView noteNumberOfRowsChanged] + 123
 10  UIKit                               0x0008a1d2 -[UITableView reloadData] + 773
 11  UIKit                               0x000873f4 -[UITableView layoutSubviews] + 42
 12  QuartzCore                          0x03a630d5 -[CALayer layoutSublayers] + 177
 13  QuartzCore                          0x03a62e05 CALayerLayoutIfNeeded + 220
 14  QuartzCore                          0x03a6264c _ZN2CA7Context18comm开发者_Python百科it_transactionEPNS_11TransactionE + 302
 15  QuartzCore                          0x03a622b0 _ZN2CA11Transaction6commitEv + 292
 16  QuartzCore                          0x03a69f5b _ZN2CA11Transaction17observer_callbackEP19__CFRunLoopObservermPv + 99
 17  CoreFoundation                      0x0236fd1b __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 27
 18  CoreFoundation                      0x02304987 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 295
 19  CoreFoundation                      0x022cdc17 __CFRunLoopRun + 1575
 20  CoreFoundation                      0x022cd280 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 208
 21  CoreFoundation                      0x022cd1a1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
 22  GraphicsServices                    0x025d92c8 GSEventRunModal + 217
 23  GraphicsServices                    0x025d938d GSEventRun + 115
 24  UIKit                               0x00022b58 UIApplicationMain + 1160
 25  Test Application                    0x000029b4 main + 102
 26  Test Application                    0x00002945 start + 53
 27  ???                                 0x00000001 0x0 + 1
 )
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'NSException'
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Just for reference, here is the applicable code from the UITableViewController's implementation:

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table view data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    // Return the number of sections.
    return 1;
}


- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    // Return the number of rows in the section.
    NSLog(@"Hi, this is the function that should be firing but is not!");
    return 5;
}


// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }

    // Configure the cell...
    cell.textLabel.text = @"Test Item";
    return cell;
}

At this point I have a blank project and I'm just trying to mock up the interface, so other than having this mis-structured there's nothing else going on in the code.

It appears to be calling the UITableViewDelegate methods on a UIViewController. Re-check the connections in IB - occasionally even the best mis-wire things...

Well, for some reason, your program is trying to call tableView:numberOfRowsInSection: on an instance of UIViewController, and not UITableViewController :

[UIViewController tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x592f1d0'

I don't know why but that should be a good starting point for your investigations...

Check your TabBarController in IB. You have to change the type of view controller to table view controller or you will get this trace.(In the Tab Bar Controller Attribute).