How do I reload/refresh the UIPickerView (with new data array) based on button press?
You will have to implement the datasource and the delegate.
once you press a button, set an array pointer to the appropriate array.
than call [thePicker reloadAllComponents];
-(IBAction) usButtonPressed:(id)sender{ self.inputArray = self.usArray; [self.thePicker reloadAllComponents];}-(IBAction) mexicoButtonPressed:(id)sender{ self.inputArray = self.mexicoArray; [self.thePicker reloadAllComponents];}
the datasource methods:
- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView{ return 1;}- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component{ return [self.inputArray count];}
the delegate methods:
- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component{ return [self.inputArray objectAtIndex:row];}
Swift: xcode 6.1
// reload the component of picker (Used this inside the trigger action or button)
[self.pickerControl reloadAllComponents];
In swift 3,4,or 5 you just write in didSelectRow function like bellow
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, didSelectRow row: Int, inComponent component: Int) { self.view.endEditing(false) yourPickerView.selectRow(0, inComponent: 0, animated: true) yourPickerView.reloadAllComponents();}