how to set margin for uitableviewcell

Question

How to set the margin of UITableViewCell programmatically without creating a whole new custom cell ?

Answer 1

You need to subclass UITableViewCell and override layoutSubviews method:

- (void)layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];
    CGRect tmpFrame = self.imageView.frame;
    tmpFrame.origin.x += 10;
    self.imageView.frame = tmpFrame;

    tmpFrame = self.textLabel.frame;
    tmpFrame.origin.x += 10;
    self.textLabel.frame = tmpFrame;

    tmpFrame = self.detailTextLabel.frame;
    tmpFrame.origin.x += 10;
    self.detailTextLabel.frame = tmpFrame;
}

Answer 2

Wouldn't it just make more sense to make the UITableViewCell taller than the content to begin with? If you're content is always 100px high , just make the cell 110px to get that extra 10px space you need, No custom cell needed :)

Answer 3

To set the left margin you can use:

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView indentationLevelForRowAtIndexPath:       (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    return 1;
}