Displaying valid color names in two tables

[ramvee]

Hi,
Finally getting to learn TableView element in UI module, which can involve ListDataSource (easier) or TableView.data_source which is used to fill data into the rows of table by creating TableView.Cell, which are formatted with Label properties.
And if we want any action from this data, we need to use TableView.delegate method. Whew :)

Here i made two tables of Colornames valid in Pythonista, with their color as background.
The difficulty i faced was changing text color to black for second table.
I am sure experts on this forum will write the same in 1/3 of the size.
But it works.
Special thanks to @Phuket2 And @ccc for their help! Namaste!
Go Pythonista!

# Aim to display all color names of Pythonista in two tables
# With first table printed color name in white & second in black

import ui

data = 'aliceblue antiquewhite aqua aquamarine azure beige bisque black blanchedalmond blue blueviolet brown burlywood cadetblue chartreuse chocolate coral cornflowerblue cornsilk crimson cyan darkblue darkcyan darkgoldenrod darkgray darkgreen darkgrey darkkhaki darkmagenta darkolivegreen darkorange darkorchid darkred darksalmon darkseagreen darkslateblue darkslategray darkslategrey darkturquoise darkviolet deeppink deepskyblue dimgray dimgrey dodgerblue firebrick floralwhite forestgreen fuchsia gainsboro ghostwhite gold goldenrod gray green greenyellow grey honeydew hotpink indianred indigo ivory khaki lavender lavenderblush lawngreen lemonchiffon lightblue lightcoral lightcyan lightgoldenrodyellow lightgray lightgreen lightgrey lightpink lightsalmon lightseagreen lightskyblue lightslategray lightslategrey lightsteelblue lightyellow lime limegreen linen magenta maroon mediumaquamarine mediumblue mediumorchid mediumpurple mediumseagreen mediumslateblue mediumspringgreen mediumturquoise mediumvioletred midnightblue mintcream mistyrose moccasin navajowhite navy oldlace olive olivedrab orange orangered orchid palegoldenrod palegreen paleturquoise palevioletred papayawhip peachpuff peru pink plum powderblue purple rebeccapurple red rosybrown royalblue saddlebrown salmon sandybrown seagreen seashell sienna silver skyblue slateblue slategray slategrey snow springgreen steelblue tan teal thistle tomato turquoise violet wheat white whitesmoke yellow yellowgreen white'.split()

class MyTableViewDataSource (object):
	def __init__(self, data=None):
		self.data = data

	def tableview_number_of_rows(self, tableview, section):
		return len(self.data)

	def tableview_cell_for_row(self, tableview, section, row):
		cell = ui.TableViewCell()
		cell.text_label.text_color = self.data[-1]
		cell.border_color ='black'
		cell.border_width = 1
		cell.bg_color = self.data[row]
		cell.text_label.alignment = 1
		cell.text_label.font = ('<System-Bold>',18)
		cell.text_label.text = self.data[row]
		return cell

size = ui.get_screen_size()
wd,ht = size
view = ui.View()
view.name = 'Color Names'
view.frame =(0,0,wd,ht)
view.background_color ='white'

tv = ui.TableView()
tv.frame = (0,0,wd/2.0,ht)
tv.data_source = MyTableViewDataSource(data)
view.add_subview(tv)

tv1 = ui.TableView()
tv1.frame = (wd/2.0,0,wd/2.0,ht)
# to make text black in 2nd table
data1 = list(data)
data1[-1] = 'black'
tv1.data_source = MyTableViewDataSource(data1)
view.add_subview(tv1)

view.present('sheet')

[JonB]

you will want to set the tint attribute of the cell's text_label. text_color is not a valid attribute (an unfortunate effect of allowing custom properties is that this type of error does not throw an exception)

[ramvee]

Hi @JonB,
I tried tint attribute, but it does not change the text color from white in first table, to black in the second, like i want.
But thank you for pointing out the right way.. _/_

[JonB]

@ramvee Whoops, you are correct. looks like your code works as written.