iOS UITableView: what's the different between “cellForRowAtIndexPath” and “willDisplayCell: forRowAtIndexPath:”

Question

Just as the question\'s title mentions: What\'s the difference between \"cellForRowAtIndexPath\" and \"willDisplayCell: forRowAtIndexPath

Answer 1

I think this answers your question:

But very important thing is still there: tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: method, which should be implemented in the dataSource of UITableView, called for each cell and should work fast. So you must return reused cell instance as quickly as possible.

Don’t perform data binding at this point, because there’s no cell on screen yet. For this you can use tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath: method which can be implemented in the delegate of UITableView. The method called exactly before showing cell in UITableView’s bounds.

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