How do I create a UI TableView with multiple columns in Xcode?

Question

I am working on a iOS 8 app with Xcode. I need to display a table with many columns and rows of data in one view.

Example:

Name               Time In             


        

Answer 1

What's the difference between two columns and two labels next to each other? A divider?

Is this a multi column table view?

Because it's a tableview with ordinary UITableViewCell that have 3 UILabels and 2 UIViews. The views pretend to be dividers by being 1 px wide.

Code should be self explanatory.

.h

@interface MultiColumnTableViewCell : UITableViewCell
@property (strong, nonatomic) UILabel *label1;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UILabel *label2;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UILabel *label3;
@end

.m

@interface MultiColumnTableViewCell ()
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIView *divider1;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIView *divider2;
@end

@implementation MultiColumnTableViewCell

- (UILabel *)label {
    UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] init];
    label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
    [self.contentView addSubview:label];
    return label;
}

- (UIView *)divider {
    UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] init];
    view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
    [view addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:nil attribute:NSLayoutAttributeNotAnAttribute multiplier:1 constant:1.0/[[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]]];
    view.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
    [self.contentView addSubview:view];
    return view;
}

- (instancetype)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier {
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    self.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    self.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    self.preservesSuperviewLayoutMargins = NO;

    self.divider1 = [self divider];
    self.divider2 = [self divider];

    self.label1 = [self label];
    self.label2 = [self label];
    self.label3 = [self label];

    NSDictionary *views = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(_label1, _label2, _label3, _divider1, _divider2);

    NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-5-[_label1]-2-[_divider1]-2-[_label2(==_label1)]-2-[_divider2]-2-[_label3(==_label1)]-5-|" options:NSLayoutFormatAlignAllCenterY metrics:nil views:views];
    [self.contentView addConstraints:constraints];

    NSArray *horizontalConstraints1 = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|[_divider1]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views];
    [self.contentView addConstraints:horizontalConstraints1];
    NSArray *horizontalConstraints2 = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|[_divider2]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views];
    [self.contentView addConstraints:horizontalConstraints2];

    return self;
}

@end

TableViewController:

@implementation MasterViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self.tableView registerClass:[MultiColumnTableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:@"Cell"];
    self.tableView.separatorColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return 10;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    MultiColumnTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
    cell.label1.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Name %ld", (long)indexPath.row];
    cell.label2.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Start %ld", (long)indexPath.row];
    cell.label3.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"End %ld", (long)indexPath.row];
    return cell;
}

@end