UITableView cellForRowAtIndexPath called more than once for each row

Question

If I have a UITableView that has 4 rows in it then shouldn\'t the cellForRowAtIndexPath method be called 4 times when I navigate to that view? I am finding that it is being

Answer 1

The method is called when the cell appears, so whenever a cell appears, the method is called. Also, the cells are reused. So even if the method for a particular cell is called once, it maybe called for another time when this cell disappears and then appears again.