contentView not indenting in iOS 6 UITableViewCell prototype cell

Question

I am configuring a custom UITableViewCell using a prototype cell in a Storyboard. However, all the UILabels (and other UI elements) do not seem to

Answer 1

An alternative to subclassing is to revise the constraints in cellForRowAtIndexPath.

Embed all the content of the cell inside a container view. Then point the leading and trailing constraints to the cell.contentView rather than the table view cell.

  UIView *containerView = [cell viewWithTag:999];
  UIView *contentView = [cell contentView];

  //remove existing leading and trailing constraints
  for(NSLayoutConstraint *c in [cell constraints]){
    if(c.firstItem==containerView && (c.firstAttribute==NSLayoutAttributeLeading || c.firstAttribute==NSLayoutAttributeTrailing)){
      [cell removeConstraint:c];
    }
  }

  NSLayoutConstraint *trailing = [NSLayoutConstraint
                                 constraintWithItem:containerView
                                 attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTrailing
                                 relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                 toItem:contentView
                                 attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTrailing
                                 multiplier:1
                                 constant:0];

  NSLayoutConstraint *leading = [NSLayoutConstraint
                                 constraintWithItem:containerView
                                 attribute:NSLayoutAttributeLeading
                                 relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                 toItem:contentView
                                 attribute:NSLayoutAttributeLeading
                                 multiplier:1
                                 constant:0];

  [cell addConstraint:trailing];
  [cell addConstraint:leading];