dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier never returns nil

Question

I am using a custom UITableViewCell in my UITableView but the problem is that the cell is never nil when calling the dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier. Why is this ?

Answer 1

As others have pointed out if you have registerd a nib to reuse a tableViewCell you are guaranteed to get an instance of cell. If you want to set some value to the cell. You can try modifying your code like this

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
         cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

        PHResultTableViewCell *cell = (PHResultTableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"MyCell" 
                                                                                               forIndexPath:indexPath];];

        cell.packageHolidayItem = totalArray[indexPath.row];;
        [cell loadRow];

        return cell;
    }