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

You can create a simple View Model, that will hold the multiple item types:

enum ViewModelItemType {
   case nameAndPicture
   case about
   case email
   case friend
   case attribute
}

protocol ViewModelItem {
   var type: ViewModelItemType { get }
   var rowCount: Int { get }
   var sectionTitle: String  { get }
}

Then create a model item type for each section. For example:

class ViewModelNameAndPictureItem: ViewModelItem {
   var type: ProfileViewModelItemType {
      return .nameAndPicture
   }

   var sectionTitle: String {
      return “Main Info”
   }

   var rowCount: Int {
      return 1
   }

   var pictureUrl: String
   var userName: String

   init(pictureUrl: String, userName: String) {
      self.pictureUrl = pictureUrl
      self.userName = userName
   }
}

Once you configure all your section items with, you can save them in ViewModel:

class ProfileViewModel {
   var items = [ViewModelItem]()
}

And add to you TableViewController:

let viewModel = ViewModel()

In this case, NumberOfSections, NumberOfRows and CellForRowAt methods will be clean and simple:

override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
      return viewModel.items.count
}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
      return viewModel.items[section].rowCount
}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let item = viewModel.items[indexPath.section]
    switch item.type {
          // configure celll for each type
    }
}

Configuring the section title will also be very neat:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
   return viewModel.items[section].sectionTitle
}

Please check my recent tutorial on this topic, that will answer your question with the details and examples:

https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/ios-how-to-build-a-table-view-with-multiple-cell-types-2df91a206429