How to use custom UITableViewCell from Interface Builder?

Question

I want to be able to design my own UITableViewCell in IB. But I keep getting a null ref exception when trying to access the label I defined in IB.

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Answer 1

Check this link. This is a very interesting article for creating a custom TableViewCell. I think the error is due to the asynchronous loading of the xib provided by Monotouch.

You have to provide your own costructor like this:

public TestCellView(string sKey) //: base(UITableViewCellStyle.Default, sKey)
{
    MonoTouch.Foundation.NSBundle.MainBundle.LoadNib ("YOUR NIBNAME", this, null);
}

Hope this helps!