TableView reloadData vs. beginUpdates & endUpdates

Question

I got a tricky problem regarding updating my TableView, i get different results using different methods of updating it, let me explain:

Situation 1:

Answer 1

Call this method if you want subsequent insertions, deletion, and selection operations (for example, cellForRowAtIndexPath: and indexPathsForVisibleRows) to be animated simultaneously.

I think this is what you want. beginUpdates & endUpdates can change the UItableview with animation.