Show two different custom cells in same uitableview - swift firebase

Question

I am currently having a problem with displaying two different types of custom cells on the same uitableview.

What I have managed so far, is receiving the \"updates\" to

Answer 1

@Callam's answer is great if you want to put them in two sections.

This is the solution if you want all to be in one section.

First, in numberOfRowsInSection method you need to return the sum of those two array counts like this: return (updates.count + updatesTask.count)

Then you need to configure cellForRowAtIndexPath method like this:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    if indexPath.row < updates.count{
        // Updates
        let cell:updateTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! updateTableViewCell
        let update = updates[indexPath.row]
        cell.nameLabel.text = update.addedByUser
        return cell
    } else {
        // UpdatesTask
        let cellTask:tasksTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("TaskCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! tasksTableViewCell
        let updateTask = updatesTask[indexPath.row-updates.count]
        cellTask.nameLabel.text = updateTask.addedByUser
        return cellTask
    }

}

This will display all cells followed by all cellTasks.

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If updates array and updatesTask array have equal number of items and you want to display them one by one you can use this:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    if indexPath.row % 2 == 0 {
        // Updates
        let cell:updateTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! updateTableViewCell
        let update = updates[indexPath.row/2]
        cell.nameLabel.text = update.addedByUser
        return cell
    } else {
        // UpdatesTask
        let cellTask:tasksTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("TaskCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! tasksTableViewCell
        let updateTask = updatesTask[indexPath.row/2]
        cellTask.nameLabel.text = updateTask.addedByUser
        return cellTask
    }

}