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narner
narner

Reputation: 3221

Issues with custom UITableViewCells in Storyboard

I need to create a custom UITableViewCell that displays four UILabel instances.

In the implementation of this custom cell, I have the following initialization code: 

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {
        // configure labels
        self.positionLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 10, 300, 30)];
        self.positionLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        self.positionLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica Neue" size:14.0f];

        [self addSubview:self.positionLabel];
    }
    return self;
}

In my cellForRowAtIndexPath method, I have the following code to 

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

    CustomUICell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CELL"];

    if (cell == nil) {
         cell = [[CustomUICell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"CELL"];

        cell.positionLabel.text = @"Test";

    }
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

    return cell;
}

However, instead of creating the cells with initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 10, 300, 30)];, I would prefer to do this in my storyboard. If I drag a label onto my cell in the storyboard, and connect it to the appropriate property as below:

@property (nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *positionLabel;

and create my label by writing: 

self.positionLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];

I would expect to see a label in my cell when I run my app, but that doesn't happen. Does anyone have any insight into what I'm missing / not understanding? Thank you!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 33

Answers (1)

dasdom
dasdom

Reputation: 14063

First, use dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:forIndexPath: instead of dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:. In this case you don't need the if clause.

About your question: When you add the cell in a storyboard, you don't need to implement initWithStyle:reuseIdentifier:. In fact, if you do, the code path is executed and overrides everything you do in the storyboard.

Upvotes: 2

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