Section within a section for UITableView

Question

I have to create a UITableView that has sections within sections however I have never done this before and am not even sure if this is possible.

This is what it needs to look like

• Header 1
  • Sub Header 1
    • cell 1
    • cell 2
    • cell 3
  • Sub Header 2
    • cell 1
    • cell 2
• Header 2
  • Sub Header 1
    • cell 1
  • Sub Header 2
    • cell 1
    • cell 2

All fields are dynamic, so there could be 0 or more Header sections; would a UITableView be the best way to go about this? if so how would I approach this?

Answer 1

There is no easy way to do it, you have to plan cleverly.

From numberOfSectionsInTableView return the number of "Header".

For each section in numberOfRowsInSection return Sub Header + Cell in each sub header.

From cellForRowAtIndexPath just chek if it is a sub header or a cell. If its is a sub header the return a cell which has a Label near to left side, if it is a cell then return a cell that has the label in more far away from left border.

You can use same cell just changing the frame of the cell's label.