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amodrono

Reputation: 2040

Use custom UITableViewCells and duplicate them using an array with Swift

I'm developing an iOS app and I have a UITableView that generates UITableViewCells based on an array.

In other words, I have a custom cell, which has UIViews inside of it. How can I add a 2dimensional array which contains a Repo Label text and a URL Label text and generate a lot of cells with array.count.

My custom UITableViewCell

Here's my code:

class SourcesViewController: UITableViewController {

    var array:[[String]] = [["Thunderbolt iOS Utilities", "https://repo.thunderbolt.semiak.dev"], ["Semiak's Repo", "repo.semiak.dev"]]

    override func viewDidLoad()
    {
        super.viewDidLoad()
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
        //How can I setup all the arguments my custom UITableViewCell needs?
        return cell
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }


    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return array.count
    }
}

Sorry if the explanation is really bad, I have never done this thing before, moreover, I'm new into iOS development so I do not know how to explain exactly what I need.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 54

Answers (1)

AgRizzo
AgRizzo

Reputation: 5271

Here's a starting point (I would not recommend this code for production. There are much better ways to do it (e.g., using an array of structs, putting code in the custom cell, etc.))

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
    let dataArray = array[indexPath.row] // get the data for the cell
    // not a great idea but....
    cell.repoLabel.text = dataArray.first ?? ""
    cell.urlLabel.text = dataArray.last ?? ""
    return cell
}

Upvotes: 1

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