How to sort country list?

[DyingPeter]

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[lukeswitz]

Use a textfield and filter the _countrynames array, this should get you started.

   //Make a clean string
    if (textField.text != NULL) {
        theNewString = [textField.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range withString:string];
    }

    //Search the array for our match
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:
                              @"SELF BEGINSWITH[c] %@",theNewString];

    autoCompleteFilterArray = [countryData filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];

    //Now sort the filtered array
    sortedArray = [autoCompleteFilterArray sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)];

    //Nothing found
    if (sortedArray.count == 0) {
        NSLog(@"No matches");    
    }
    else{  
       //fuzzy match & handle picker selection
            theNewString = [sortedArray firstObject];

            //Search the array to make sure we have that country
            BOOL isTheObjectThere = [countryData containsObject: theNewString];
            NSUInteger index = [countryData indexOfObject:theNewString];

            //Take our data and spin to a country we have sorted through
            if (isTheObjectThere) {
                if (textField == field1) {
                    [picker1 selectRow:index inComponent:0 animated:YES];
                    index1 = index;
                    firstSelectedName = [countryData objectAtIndex:index1];

                    NSArray *codes = [CountryPicker countryCodes];                    
                    NSString *selCode1 = [codes objectAtIndex:index];

                    imgPath1 = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"CountryPicker.bundle/%@",
                                selCode1];

                    // Get country code to convert for api pull later
                    firstCode = selCode1;
                    }
            }
    }