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Pwyll28
Pwyll28

Reputation: 117

Shared xib file between parent and child uitableviewcell

I want to create a generic uitableviewcell which i'll customize by overriding some methods.

There's my parent UITableViewCell : IconTitleGenericTableViewCell

I've designed my cell in a xib file : IconTitleGenericTableViewCell.xib

Now i've subclassed my parent cell with this child class : MyTitleCell

What i want is MyTitleCell to instantiate the designated xib file from it's parent.

I've tried to use 

UINib *nib = [UINib nibWithNibName:key bundle:bundle];
[tableView registerNib:nib forCellReuseIdentifier:identifier];

But the cell return in by

 MyTitleCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:reuseIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

is an IconTitleGenericTableViewCell and not MyTitleCell.

How can i managed to get the same view and outlets link without any xib duplication ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1063

Answers (2)

Grzegorz Krukowski
Grzegorz Krukowski

Reputation: 19872

Make a nib file independent UIView, make all outlet connections to FileOwner and load your cell using that function:

- (instancetype) initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier { {
    return [super initWithNibName:@"YourXibName" bundle:nil]);
}

Upvotes: 0

dan
dan

Reputation: 9825

Make a nib with a regular UIView in it with the File's owner as your IconTitleGenericTableViewCell and in initWithStyle:reuseIdentifier: load the view from the nib and add it to the cell's content view.

Then register your cells using registerClass:forCellWithReuseIdentifier:. Any subclass you register will come out as the correct class when dequeued and have the view from the nib added to it's content view.

Upvotes: 2

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