Custom UITableViewCell Not Using .xib (Most Likely Because of Flaw in init Method)

Question

I subclassed the UITableViewCell in order to customize it, but I think I\'m missing something because: 1) It\'s not working and 2) There are a couple of things I\'m confused

Answer 1

The easiest way (available since iOS 5.0) to create a custom table view cell in a nib file is to use registerNib:forCellReuseIdentifier: in the table view controller. The big advantage is that dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: then automatically instantiates a cell from the nib file if necessary. You don't need the if (cell == nil) ... part anymore.

In viewDidLoad of the table view controller you add

[self.tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"CueTableCell" bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:@"CueTableCell"];

and in cellForRowAtIndexPath you just do

CueTableCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CueTableCell"];
// setup cell
return cell;

Cells loaded from a nib file are instantiated using initWithCoder, you can override that in your subclass if necessary. For modifications to the UI elements, you should override awakeFromNib (don't forget to call "super").