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artooras
artooras

Reputation: 6795

UICollectionViewCell init with reuseIdentifier

I have a custom UICollectionViewCell, and I dequeue it from my view controller by registering it like so

[self.calendarView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:NSStringFromClass([DayCell class]) bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:dayCell];

and then dequeueing like so

cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:dayCell forIndexPath:indexPath];

My question is, which UICollectionViewCell init method would allow me to access the cell's reuseIdentifier? Both awakeFromNib and initWithCoder: methods get called, however, both log (null) for self.reuseIdentifier.

This is a problem, because I want to use the same UICollectionViewCell class but with different reuseIdentifiers to achieve slightly differently looking cells, and I want to perform the styling once upon init. For instance, a cell with dayCellDisabled reuseIdentifier would have a label of lighter colour.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2590

Answers (1)

artooras
artooras

Reputation: 6795

One solution I found that works is to not override any init or awake methods, but configure my reusable view in this method instead

- (void)didMoveToSuperview {};

Apparently, this method gets called only once when the view is being added to its handler. I tested and confirmed this is the case for a reusable UICollectionViewCell that is added to a UICollectionView.

Upvotes: 2

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