TableView not using the correct TableViewCell

Question

I have a grouped tableview and the datasource looks as follows:

let customCell = UITableViewCell()

customCell.textLabel?.text = "this is a custom cell"



func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cellA", for: indexPath) as! CellA



    cell.label.text = "dummy text"



    switch indexPath.section {

    case 0 :

        switch indexPath.row {

        case 0 : cell.label.text = "Foo"

        case 1 : cell.label.text = "Bar"

        default:

            fatalError("Row does not exist")

        }

    case 1 :

        switch indexPath.row {

        case 0 : return customCell

        default:

            fatalError("Row does not exist")

        }

    default:

        fatalError("Section does not exist")

    }



    return cell

}



func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int { return 2 }



func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {

    switch section {

    case 0 : return 2

    case 1 : return 1

    default:

        fatalError("Section does not exist")

    }

}

Problem:

I want section 2 to use

customCell

but instead it's still using the cell I've created using the method

dequeueReusableCell(identifier:,indexPath:)

, having the dummy text

"dummy text"

. This doesn't happen if I use the method:

dequeueReusableCell(identifier:)

(without

indexPath

).

What is the proper way of doing this or should I just use the method without

indexPath

?

Answer 1

So you are doing almost correct, your customCell is also getting added to your tableView. But what is happening here is, at first you are dequeueing a cell in cellForRowAt and then checking for section and returning the cell. So Your customCell for indexPath.section = 1 is added but the dequeued cell present on top of it. You can debug the view hierarchy and see the magic.

Now you have to move your cell creation to individual section and return from there, like below, it should work:

switch indexPath.section {
        case 0:
            let cell = tableVIew.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cellA", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! cellA
            cell.textLabel?.text = "dummy text"

            switch indexPath.row {
                case 0 :
                    cell.textLabel?.text = "Foo"
                    return cell
                case 1 :
                    cell.textLabel?.text = "Bar"
                    return cell
            default:
                fatalError("Row does not exist")
            }
        case 1:
            switch indexPath.row {
                case 0 :
                    return customCell
            default:
                fatalError("Row does not exist")
            }
        default:
             fatalError("Section does not exist")
     }

TableView not using the correct TableViewCell

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