Custom UITableViewCell programmatically using Swift

Question

Hey all I am trying to create a custom UITableViewCell, but I see nothing on the simulator. Can you help me please.

I can see the label only if I

Answer 1

This is the update for swift 3 of the answer Imanou Petit.

CustomTableViewCell.swift:

import Foundation
import UIKit

class CustomTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    let imgUser = UIImageView()
    let labUerName = UILabel()
    let labMessage = UILabel()
    let labTime = UILabel()

    override init(style: UITableViewCellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)

        imgUser.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue

        imgUser.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        labUerName.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        labMessage.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        labTime.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        contentView.addSubview(imgUser)
        contentView.addSubview(labUerName)
        contentView.addSubview(labMessage)
        contentView.addSubview(labTime)

        let viewsDict = [
            "image" : imgUser,
            "username" : labUerName,
            "message" : labMessage,
            "labTime" : labTime,
            ] as [String : Any]

        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|-[image(10)]", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:[labTime]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|-[username]-[message]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|-[username]-[image(10)]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|-[message]-[labTime]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

}

Settigns.swift:

import Foundation
import UIKit


class Settings: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {

    private var myTableView: UITableView!

    private let sections: NSArray = ["fruit", "vegitable"]    //Profile    network    audio Codecs
    private let fruit: NSArray = ["apple", "orange", "banana", "strawberry", "lemon"]
    private let vegitable: NSArray = ["carrots", "avocado", "potato", "onion"]



    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // get width and height of View
        let barHeight: CGFloat = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame.size.height
        let navigationBarHeight: CGFloat = self.navigationController!.navigationBar.frame.size.height
        let displayWidth: CGFloat = self.view.frame.width
        let displayHeight: CGFloat = self.view.frame.height

        myTableView = UITableView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: barHeight+navigationBarHeight, width: displayWidth, height: displayHeight - (barHeight+navigationBarHeight)))
        myTableView.register(CustomTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")         // register cell name

        myTableView.dataSource = self
        myTableView.delegate = self

        //Auto-set the UITableViewCells height (requires iOS8+)
        myTableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
        myTableView.estimatedRowHeight = 44

        self.view.addSubview(myTableView)
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    }


    // return the number of sections
    func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int{
        return sections.count
    }



    // return the title of sections
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
        return sections[section] as? String
    }


    // called when the cell is selected.
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

        print("Num: \(indexPath.row)")
        if indexPath.section == 0 {
            print("Value: \(fruit[indexPath.row])")
        } else if indexPath.section == 1 {
            print("Value: \(vegitable[indexPath.row])")
        }
    }

    // return the number of cells each section.
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        if section == 0 {
            return fruit.count
        } else if section == 1 {
            return vegitable.count
        } else {
            return 0
        }
    }

    // return cells
    public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! CustomTableViewCell

        if indexPath.section == 0 {
            cell.labUerName.text = "\(fruit[indexPath.row])"
            cell.labMessage.text = "Message \(indexPath.row)"
            cell.labTime.text = DateFormatter.localizedString(from: NSDate() as Date, dateStyle: .short, timeStyle: .short)
        } else if indexPath.section == 1 {
            cell.labUerName.text = "\(vegitable[indexPath.row])"
            cell.labMessage.text = "Message \(indexPath.row)"
            cell.labTime.text = DateFormatter.localizedString(from: NSDate() as Date, dateStyle: .short, timeStyle: .short)
        }



        return cell
    }

}

Answer 2

Let's make a few assumptions:

You have an iOS8 project with a Storyboard that contains a single UITableViewController. Its tableView has a unique prototype UITableViewCell with custom style and identifier: "cell".

The UITableViewController will be linked to Class TableViewController, the cell will be linked to Class CustomTableViewCell.

You will then be able to set the following code (updated for Swift 2):

CustomTableViewCell.swift:

import UIKit

class CustomTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    let imgUser = UIImageView()
    let labUserName = UILabel()
    let labMessage = UILabel()
    let labTime = UILabel()

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()

        imgUser.backgroundColor = UIColor.blueColor()

        imgUser.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        labUserName.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        labMessage.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        labTime.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        contentView.addSubview(imgUser)
        contentView.addSubview(labUserName)
        contentView.addSubview(labMessage)
        contentView.addSubview(labTime)

        let viewsDict = [
            "image": imgUser,
            "username": labUserName,
            "message": labMessage,
            "labTime": labTime,
        ]

        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("V:|-[image(10)]", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("V:[labTime]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("V:|-[username]-[message]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("H:|-[username]-[image(10)]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
        contentView.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("H:|-[message]-[labTime]-|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: viewsDict))
    }

}

TableViewController.swift:

import UIKit

class TableViewController: UITableViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        //Auto-set the UITableViewCells height (requires iOS8+)
        tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
        tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 44
    }

    override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        return 1
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return 100
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! CustomTableViewCell

        cell.labUserName.text = "Name"
        cell.labMessage.text = "Message \(indexPath.row)"
        cell.labTime.text = NSDateFormatter.localizedStringFromDate(NSDate(), dateStyle: .ShortStyle, timeStyle: .ShortStyle)

        return cell
    }

}

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You will expect a display like this (iPhone landscape):

Answer 3

In Swift 5.

The custom UITableViewCell:

import UIKit

class CourseCell: UITableViewCell {

    let courseName = UILabel()
    
    override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
        
        // Set any attributes of your UI components here.
        courseName.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        courseName.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20)
        
        // Add the UI components
        contentView.addSubview(courseName)
        
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            courseName.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.leadingAnchor, constant: 20),
            courseName.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor, constant: -20),
            courseName.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.trailingAnchor, constant: -20),
            courseName.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50)
        ])
    }
    
    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }
}

The UITableViewController:

import UIKit

class CourseTableViewController: UITableViewController {

    private var data: [Int] = [1]
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // You must register the cell with a reuse identifier
        tableView.register(CourseCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "courseCell")
        // Change the row height if you want
        tableView.rowHeight = 150
        // This will remove any empty cells that are below your data filled cells
        tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
    }

    // MARK: - Table view data source

    override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {

        return 1
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        
        return data.count
    }


    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "courseCell", for: indexPath) as! CourseCell
        cell.courseName.text = "Course name"

        return cell
    }
 
    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
    }
}