Added some example code for handling the didSelectRowAtIndexPath even…

…t for

a master view within a split view. The code shows how to change the corresponding
detail view.

MasterDetail/Classes/MasterViewController.m

@@ -56,7 +56,54 @@ - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(N
 #pragma mark Table view delegate
 
 - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
-	//do nothing at the moment
+
+	//need to remove cell selection 
+	[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
+
+	//if there is now split view controller this controller
+	//is not used as a master controller
+	if(self.splitViewController == nil)
+		return;
+
+	//since we are the master view controller of a split view 
+	//we know there is a parent UISplitViewController
+	NSArray *controllers = self.splitViewController.viewControllers;
+
+	//Excerpt from the documentation:
+	//http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UIKit/Reference/UISplitViewController_class/Reference/Reference.html
+	//The array in this property must contain exactly two view controllers. 
+	//The view controllers are presented left-to-right in the split view interface 
+	//when it is in a landscape orientation. Thus, the view controller at index 0 
+	//is displayed on the left side and the view controller at index 1 is displayed 
+	//on the right side of the interface.
+
+	//if there aren't at least two controllers somethin went wrong
+	if([controllers count] < 2)
+		return;
+
+	//get the detail controller
+	UIViewController *detailViewController = [controllers objectAtIndex:1];
+
+	//now you can do whatever you want to change 
+	//controls or text on detail view controller
+	//EXAMPLE:
+	//UIView *detailView = detailViewController.view;
+	//detailView.backgroundColor = (indexPath.row % 2 == 0) ? [UIColor grayColor] : [UIColor blackColor];
+
+	//if you want to change the detail view controller
+	//just create a new array containing the master and 
+	//new detail controller and set the property "viewControllers"
+	//of the current split view controller
+	UIViewController *newDetailController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
+	UIView *newDetailView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:detailViewController.view.frame];
+	newDetailView.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
+	newDetailController.view = newDetailView;
+
+	NSArray *newControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:self, newDetailController, nil];
+	self.splitViewController.viewControllers = newControllers;
+
+	[newDetailController release];
+	[newDetailView release];
 }
 
 

MasterDetail/MasterDetail.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -155,7 +155,14 @@
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			buildConfigurationList = C01FCF4E08A954540054247B /* Build configuration list for PBXProject "MasterDetail" */;
 			compatibilityVersion = "Xcode 3.1";
+			developmentRegion = English;
 			hasScannedForEncodings = 1;
+			knownRegions = (
+				English,
+				Japanese,
+				French,
+				German,
+			);
 			mainGroup = 29B97314FDCFA39411CA2CEA /* CustomTemplate */;
 			projectDirPath = "";
 			projectRoot = "";