Setting static cells in uitableview programmatically

Question

I am programmatically creating a tableview in objective c. How can I make the cells static programmatically?

Thanks

Answer 1

Making cells static programmatically doesn't really make sense. Static cells are basically only for Interface Builder and requires the entire TableView to be static. They allow you to drag UILables, UITextFields, UIImageViews, etc. right into cells and have it show up just how it looks in Xcode when the app is run.

However, your cells can be "static" programmatically by not using an outside data source and hardcoding everything, which is usually going to be kind of messy and generally a poor idea.

I suggest making a new UITableViewController with a .xib and customizing it from there if you want "static" cells. Otherwise, just hardcode all your values and it's basically the same thing, but is probably poor design if it can be avoided.

Answer 2

By using a distinct cell identifier for each one you will get it. You could use something like this:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSString *cellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"s%i-r%i", indexPath.section, indexPath.row];
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil)
    {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] autorelease];
        //you can customize your cell here because it will be used just for one row.
    }

    return cell;
}

Answer 3

You could also do it the old fashioned and just create the cell the way you want depending on the NSIndexPath, this works with Static Cell TVC's and regular table views (don't forget to return the proper number of sections and rows in their datasource methods):

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    switch indexPath.row {
        case 0:
            // First cell, setup the way you want

        case 1:
            // Second cell, setup the way you want
    }

    // return the customized cell
    return cell;
}