Sometimes Xcode does a bit of magic behind the scenes which I don’t really understand. Consider this standard table view method to display cells: – (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@”Cell”]; // populate your cell return cell; } Where do we actually ever create a UITableViewCell? All we’re asking here […]
Apple have changed the UITableViewController template in iOS 6 a bit. Specifically, when you create a new UITableViewController class, it’s created using something like this (in the cellForRowAtIndexPath method): – (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @”Cell”; UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath]; // Configure the cell… return cell; } When […]
By default, when you touch a cell in a UITableView, it lights up bright blue. You can use this property to change the cell’s selection style in the cellForRowAtIndexPath method: cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray; Possible values are UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray UITableViewCellSelectionStyleBlue (the default) UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone Alternatively you can select the cell in Interface Builder and pick these values from […]
If you don’t want your cell to be highlighted you can de-select the option “User Interaction Enabled” in the storyboard. This is ticked by default. Untick it and nobody can select your cell anymore.
If you don’t want your cell to be highlighted you can de-select the option “User Interaction Enabled” in the storyboard. This is ticked by default. Untick it and nobody can select your cell anymore.
First we make the cell’s background transparent. Next we create a custom view which we can show behind the cell, like so: cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; UIView *backView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero]; backView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; cell.backgroundView = backView;
Each table view cell has an accessory type on the right. You can check which one should be shown by default in Interface Builder (those are none, tick box (aka checkmark), disclosure and detail disclosure chevrons). You can however use your own graphics in this place. All we need to do is add our own […]
The easiest way to do this is by adding a UIImage to your table. Rather than instantiating a new table object you can simply add the following line into the first Table View Data Source method you have – such as this one: – (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView { tableView.backgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@”background.jpg”]]; // Return the […]
