Loading a Reusable UITableViewCell from a Nib

Question

I am able to design custom UITableViewCells and load them just fine using the technique described in the thread found at http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=545061.

Answer 1

I followed Apple's instructions as linked by Ben Mosher (thanks!) but found that Apple omitted an important point. The object they design in IB is just a UITableViewCell, as is the variable they load from it. But if you actually set it up as a custom subclass of UITableViewCell, and write the code files for the subclass, you can write IBOutlet declarations and IBAction methods in the code and wire them up to your custom elements in IB. Then there is no need to use view tags to access these elements and you can create any kind of crazy cell you want. It's Cocoa Touch heaven.