UITableView in Swift

Question

I\'m struggling to figure out what\'s wrong with this code snippet. This is currently working in Objective-C, but in Swift this just crashes on the first line of the method.

Answer 1

Actually in the Apple's TableView Guide document and Sample Code you will find the sentence below:

If the dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: method asks for a cell that’s defined in a storyboard, the method always returns a valid cell. If there is not a recycled cell waiting to be reused, the method creates a new one using the information in the storyboard itself. This eliminates the need to check the return value for nil and create a cell manually.

So,we could just code like this:

var identifer: String = "myCell"
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(identifer) as UITableViewCell
cell.textLabel.text = a[indexPath.row].name
cell.detailTextLabel.text = "detail"

I think this is a suitable way to use tableView

Answer 2

For cell template:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> UITableViewCell! {
        let myCell : youCell =  youCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Subtitle, reuseIdentifier: "cell")
        return myCell
    }

Answer 3

@Sulthan's answer is spot on. One possible convenience modification would be to cast the cell as a UITableViewCell!, rather than a UITableViewCell.

func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> UITableViewCell! {
    var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("CELL") as UITableViewCell!
    if !cell {
        cell = UITableViewCell(style:.Default, reuseIdentifier: "CELL")
    }
    // setup cell without force unwrapping it
    cell.textLabel.text = "Swift"
    return cell
}

Now, you can modify the cell variable without force unwrapping it each time. Use caution when using implicitly unwrapped optionals. You must be certain that the value you are accessing has a value.

For more information, refer to the "Implicitly Unwrapped Optionals" section of The Swift Programming Language.

Answer 4

Here is what I wrote to get it working...

First Register the table view cell with the table view

self.tableView.registerClass(MyTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "Cell")

Then configure cellForRowAtIndexPath

func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> UITableViewCell!  {
    var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as MyTableViewCell

    cell.textLabel.text = "Cell Text"
    cell.detailTextLabel.text = "Cell Detail Text in Value 1 Style"

    return cell
}

I then defined a custom cell subclass write at the bottom of the file (since its so much easier now)

class MyTableViewCell : UITableViewCell {

    init(style: UITableViewCellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String!) {
        super.init(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Value1, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
    }

}

Answer 5

Here is a simple way to define table cell in swift 2:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let identifier = "cell"
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(identifier) ??
        UITableViewCell.init(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Default, reuseIdentifier: identifier)
    cell.textLabel!.text = "my text"
    return cell
}

Swift 3:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let identifier = "cell"
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: identifier) ??
        UITableViewCell(style: .default, reuseIdentifier: identifier)
    cell.textLabel!.text = "my text"
    return cell
}

Answer 6

I have done in following way: to show detailTextLabel. text value

 func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let CellIdentifier: String = "cell"

    var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(CellIdentifier) as? UITableViewCell

    if cell == nil {
        cell = UITableViewCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Value1, reuseIdentifier: CellIdentifier)
    }

    //cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryType.DisclosureIndicator

    // parse the value of records
    let dataRecord = self.paymentData[indexPath.row] as! NSDictionary

    let receiverName = dataRecord["receiver_name"] as! String
    let profession = dataRecord["profession"] as! String
    let dateCreated = dataRecord["date_created"] as! String
    let payAmount = dataRecord["pay_amount"] as! String

    println("payment \(payAmount)")
    cell!.textLabel?.text = "\(receiverName)\n\(profession)\n\(dateCreated)"
    cell!.detailTextLabel?.text = "$\(payAmount)"
    cell!.textLabel?.numberOfLines = 4

    return cell!

}// end tableview