Wrong UITableViewCell height with UITableViewAutomaticDimension

Question

I make custom cell with 2 multiline labels and pin this labels to all sides. When in -tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: for iOS >= 8 I return

Answer 1

The problem is gone when I don't set tableView's estimatedRowHeight for iOS 8 and update preferredMaxLayoutWidth every time when sets the text for multiline labels

Answer 2

I solved this issue by setting "text" property of multiline labels to "nil":

override func prepareForReuse() {
    _label.text = nil
}

Also table properies "estimatedRowHeight" and "rowHeight" should be set correctly:

_tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 44
_tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension

Answer 3

Set automatic dimension in viewDidLoad() method or viewWillAppear() (both code in same place)

    tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
    tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 160.0;//(Maximum Height that should be assigned to your cell)

Visit Using Auto Layout in UITableView for dynamic cell layouts & variable row heights an intuitive guide for both iOS 7 and iOS 8

Answer 4

Automatic dimension is not working well for some UILabel if that label is aligned with different label by top edges or bottom edges. Just make sure that you do not have such alignments.