How to get UITableView from UITableViewCell?

Question

I have a UITableViewCell which is linked to an object and I need to tell if the cell is visible. From the research I've done, this means I need to somehow access the UITableView that contains it (from there, there are several ways to check if it's visible). So I'm wondering if UITableViewCell has a pointer to the UITableView, or if there was any other way to get a pointer from the cell?

Answer 1

To avoid checking the iOS version, iteratively walk up the superviews from the cell's view until a UITableView is found:

Objective-C

id view = [cellInstance superview];  while (view && [view isKindOfClass:[UITableView class]] == NO) {     view = [view superview];  }  UITableView *tableView = (UITableView *)view; 

Swift

var view = cellInstance.superview while (view != nil && (view as? UITableView) == nil) {   view = view?.superview }          if let tableView = view as? UITableView {    tableView.beginUpdates()    tableView.endUpdates() }