How can I loop through UITableView's cells?

Question

I have n sections (known amount) and X rows in each section (unknown amount. Each row has a UITextField. When the user taps the \"Done\" button I want to iterate through eac

Answer 1

If you only want to iterate through the visible cells, then use

NSArray *cells = [tableView visibleCells];

If you want all cells of the table view, then use this:

NSMutableArray *cells = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSInteger j = 0; j < [tableView numberOfSections]; ++j)
{
    for (NSInteger i = 0; i < [tableView numberOfRowsInSection:j]; ++i)
    {
        [cells addObject:[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:i inSection:j]]];
    }
}

Now you can iterate through all cells:
(CustomTableViewCell is a class, which contains the property textField of the type UITextField)

for (CustomTableViewCell *cell in cells)
{
    UITextField *textField = [cell textField];
    NSLog(@"%@"; [textField text]);
}

Answer 2

Here is a nice swift implementation that works for me.

 func animateCells() {
        for cell in tableView.visibleCells() as! [UITableViewCell] {
            //do someting with the cell here.

        }
    }