Creating custom a UITableViewCell with Interface Builder

A lot of people have questions about creating custom UITableViewCells for the UITableViews in their iPhone (Cocoa Touch) programs. After showing this technique to a friend of mine, Ian, he asked me to write it up so that he and others could refer to it. Let me say this is technique is based on an approach another friend of mine, Kendall, showed me last year.

I know that can be a little tricky but hopefully you'll be able to follow the video and the article. If you know of a better way to do anything I'm showing please let me know.

I hope I can show you something new here and if you have any questions or comments.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• iPhone
• UITableViewCell
• Interface Builder
• XCode
• UITableView
• custom cells

[dizza213]

@JulioEBarros I don't understand when is the CellIdentifier ever set in this case? We only use it for dequeue, don't we?

[JulioEBarros]

@dizza213 This is the older style of creating custom tableview cells.  Its a lot easier in iOS 5 now. If you are creating a table view in code you set the initializer in code when its created. If you are creating it from a nib it is set in the nib file in the inspector.

[dizza213]

@JulioEBarros thanks for the answer....I always forget that you can set it in the nib file, cheers!

[lschuck11]

You are awesome Julio!!!

[Chamius]

well explained, thanks

[memo431]

it doesn't work with a tablecell in a tab bar, if there is code for please let me know.

[bellywiggler]

really clear and well explained. Thank you.

[forsan1987]

amazing and helpfully... go ahead ;)

[EStringTechnologies]

@galkeidar i Show U.