How to get the cell object in tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath function?

Question

I wand to know the content of the cell when returning the heightForRowAtIndexPath. In this function how do I get the cell object?

- (CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

}

If I try this

 [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]

it fails and goes off in an infinite loop.

Any idea?

Answer 1

Call self (the delegate) rather than the tableView itself.

id cell = [self tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

Answer 2

Use: func dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(identifier: String) -> AnyObject? of UITableView.
Don't use: func dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(identifier: String, forIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> AnyObject
Possible Reason: heightForRowAtIndexPath gets called before cellForRowAtIndexPath and this method uses the index path to perform additional configuration based on the cell’s position in the table view. But since, there is still no cell yet, hence it goes to infinite loop I think.

Answer 3

The cell hasn't been created when heightForRowAtIndexPath: is called, so there's no way to "get" a cell. Instead, look at your model and determine the height of the cell that way.

If you're concerned about long strings and needing more vertical space in your cell, consider using sizeWithFont:forWidth:lineBreakMode:. Docs here: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/NSString_UIKit_Additions/Reference/Reference.html