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johnnyspo
johnnyspo

Reputation: 629

dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier returns nil using storyboard static cells

I am having a heck of time with this. Using storyboard, I created a table view controller with a static cell that contains a UITextField to allow for user input. When the user is finished, I want to retrieve the contents of the text field.

Here is what I did:

When I run, dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier returns nil. I thought that with Xcode 4 and storyboards, dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier, according to Converting to Storyboards Release Notes, "The dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: method is guaranteed to return a cell (provided that you have defined a cell with the given identifier)".

The weird part is that when I run in the Simulatior, the table appears as expected (section, cell size, etc.), except that I can't edit the custom cell.

I'm at a loss. Any help or ideas?

--John

Upvotes: 9

Views: 10773

Answers (5)

Dmytro Strelbytskyi
Dmytro Strelbytskyi

Reputation: 71

According to the Apple's docs (Populating a Static Table View With Data) http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/tableview_iphone/CreateConfigureTableView/CreateConfigureTableView.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007451-CH6-SW31

Note: If a table view in a storyboard is static, the custom subclass of UITableViewController that contains the table view should not implement the data source protocol. Instead, the table view controller should use its viewDidLoad method to populate the table view’s data.

Thus you just need to remove all the Table View data source methods from your View Controller.

Optional:

However if your View Controller is also the data source for other dynamic Table View(s) and you still need these methods, it's possible to call only the super's corresponding data source methods for the static Table View:

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    // Static Table View
    if (tableView == self.tableView)
        return [super numberOfSectionsInTableView:tableView];

    // Dynamic Table View
    // ...
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    // Static Table View
    if (tableView == self.tableView)
        return [super tableView:tableView numberOfRowsInSection:section];

    // Dynamic Table View
    // ...
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Static Table View
    if (tableView == self.tableView)
        return [super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

    // Dynamic Table View
    // ...
}

Upvotes: 0

Ants
Ants

Reputation: 1338

I know this question was a year ago, but I just went through this problem myself today.

I think the problem here is using static cells.

See the Apple docs: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userexperience/conceptual/tableview_iphone/TableViewCells/TableViewCells.html

Basically the idea is that if you are using static cells then there is no need to use 

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

data source method, instead just generate outlets to all your UI elements (inside the static cells) and set them directly.

If you need to use this method then you must change the table to dynamic content mode.

Upvotes: 6

trojanfoe
trojanfoe

Reputation: 122391

I am a newbie too, so this might be complete crap, but I would have told the UITextLabel to call one of my methods when the user had finished editing and not worried about trying to deque it from the Table View:

- (IBAction)userFinishedEditing:(id)sender
{
    ...
}

- (void) someMethod
{
    ...

    UITextLabel *label = ...;
    [label addTarget:self action:@selector(userFinishedEditing:sender:) forControlEvents: 
UIControlEventEditingDidEnd];

    ...
}

Upvotes: 0

utahwithak
utahwithak

Reputation: 6325

Are you building for iOS 5 or 4?

If you are trying with 4.x it won't crash as the method is valid, but doesn't return the cell. I have had no problem setting it up with custom classes. here is my entire method:

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

    GameDetailCell* cell=[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"gameCell"];
    [self configureCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];
    return cell;
}

my storyboard looks like: Storyboard for cell

Upvotes: 3

alok chauve
alok chauve

Reputation: 582

    Alert.m Class in which we used custom cell..

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

        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"mycell";
        AlertCustomCell *cell = (AlertCustomCell*) [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        if (cell == nil) 
        {   
            cell=[[[AlertCustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
        }


    cell.lAlert.text=[[alertArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] objectForKey:@"alertName"];
        cell.lblDate.text=[[alertArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] objectForKey:@"date"];


        UIImageView*imgview=[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(-28, 0, 275, 60)];
        imgview.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"strip_s14.png" ];
        UIImageView*selimgview=[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(-28, 0, 275, 60)];
        selimgview.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"strip_s14_h.png" ];
        [cell setSelectedBackgroundView:selimgview];
        cell.backgroundView = imgview;

        cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];

        return cell;
    }

AlertCustomCell.m

#import "AlertCustomCell.h"


@implementation AlertCustomCell
@synthesize lblAlert,lblDate;

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier {

    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {
        Alert=[[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 18, 80, 21)];
        Alert.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
        Alert.text=@"Alert 1";
        Alert.font=[UIFont fontWithName:@"Arial-BoldMT" size:15.0];
        [self.contentView addSubview:lblAlert];

        lblDate=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(70, 18, 150, 21)];
        lblDate.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
        lblDate.text=@"july 12,2011 4:17 PM";
        lblDate.font=[UIFont fontWithName:@"ArialMT" size:15.0];
        [self.contentView addSubview:lblDate];
    }
    return self;
}

Upvotes: -2

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