Iphone SDK, how can I customize UIPIckerView?

In the .h file we create our Picker, since we will release it, then we make it global UIPickerView *ourPicker; while on the .h file you can save and go to the .m file. Here we initialize our picker:

 ourPicker = [[UIPickerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 215.0f, 320.0f, 100.0f)]; ourPicker.delegate = self; ourPicker.showsSelectionIndicator = YES; [self.view addSubview:ourPicker]; 

We start and see an empty piker :) We create an array in which images for the picker NSMutableArray *imageArray; will be stored NSMutableArray *imageArray; In the m file, initialize it and fill it with pictures.

 imageArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [imageArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"img1"]]; [imageArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"img2"]]; [imageArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"img3"]]; [imageArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"img4"]]; [imageArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"img5"]]; [imageArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"img6"]]; 

And so, the array is created and filled with pictures, I do not specify the format of pictures, I will indicate later. Then we need an array to display the information in our tags, do the same:

 arrayOfLabels = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [arrayOfLabels addObject:@"description1"]; [arrayOfLabels addObject:@"description2"]; [arrayOfLabels addObject:@"description3"]; [arrayOfLabels addObject:@"description4"]; [arrayOfLabels addObject:@"description5"]; [arrayOfLabels addObject:@"description6"];` 

And this we also created is not so difficult, now the most important thing. To display all this chaos, we need only one delegate method of a peak (); Here he is:

 - (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view {} 

Inside the curly braces we write this:

 UILabel *ourLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init]; // вот она наша меточка; ourLabel.frame = CGRectMake(-30, -40, 80, 80); // позиция меточки; [ourLabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentLeft]; // выравнивание текста внутри метки; [ourLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:10]]; ourLabel.numberOfLines = 2; [ourLabel setText:[arrayOfLabels objectAtIndex:row]]; // расставляем меточки строго по "строкам" [ourLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:0 green:1 blue:0 alpha:0]]; UIImage *check = [UIImage imageNamed:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png",[imageArray objectAtIndex:row]]]; // ну тут все по аналогии checkView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:check]; checkView.frame = CGRectMake(-65, -10, 30, 20); [checkView addSubview:ourLabel]; customView = [[UIView alloc] init]; [customView addSubview:ourLabel]; //NSLog(@"Selected Value %@", [pickerView selectedRowInComponent:0]); //if(selectedRowInPicker == row){} [customView addSubview:checkView]; return customView; return [arrayOfLabels objectAtIndex:row];` 

Do not forget that all the arrays are initialized in the ViewDidLoad{} method, and lastly, if you have dofig pictures, then you should not hammer them with such a hardcore method, you can also hammer them into an array with a simple cycle :) Well, if I did not mess up then everything should work as it should. Do not forget to release arrays in the method - (void)dealloc{} . There will be problems, ask questions (some of the material was taken from the site stackoverflow).