Change Spacing of Cocoa Class TableViewCell in ViewController - Swift - ios

Question

I have searched for hours trying stackOverFlows solutions to this issue!!! All of which cause my custom UITable Cells to overlap and not space out. I just want my spacing to be automatic like 'return UITableView.automaticDimension' but say + 8 so that my custom cells aren't right next to each other. I cannot figure it out and maybe it is because I have one line of code that I shouldn't.
This is my cocoa touch class that creates my custom cell 'DiscussionTableViewCell':
class DiscussionTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
lazy var backView: UIView = {
let view = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 10, y: 6, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width - 20, height: 55))
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.rgb(r: 194, g: 208, b: 242)
//view.layer.borderWidth = 3
return view
}()
lazy var discussionTitleLabel: UILabel = {
let LDiscussionTitleLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 4, y: 6, width: backView.frame.width - 116, height: 30))
LDiscussionTitleLabel.textAlignment = .left
LDiscussionTitleLabel.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 18)
return LDiscussionTitleLabel
}()
lazy var discussionDescriptionLabel: UILabel = {
let LDiscussionDescriptionLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 4, y: 27, width: backView.frame.width - 30, height: 30))
LDiscussionDescriptionLabel.textAlignment = .left
LDiscussionDescriptionLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16)
LDiscussionDescriptionLabel.textColor = UIColor.gray
return LDiscussionDescriptionLabel
}()
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
//layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsets(top: 8, left: 0, bottom: 8, right: 0)
// Initialization code
}
override func layoutSubviews() {
//super.layoutSubviews()
contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.rgb(r: 203, g: 215, b: 242)
backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
backView.layer.cornerRadius = 5
backView.clipsToBounds = true
}
override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
addSubview(backView)
backView.addSubview(discussionTitleLabel)
backView.addSubview(discussionDescriptionLabel)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
}
And a section of my ViewController that applies to assigning text to the table cell, and spacing between cells:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return discussionTitles.count
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! DiscussionTableViewCell
cell.discussionTitleLabel.text = discussionTitles[indexPath.row]
cell.discussionDescriptionLabel.text = discussionDescriptions[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
return UITableViewCell()
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
if (singlePageVar == 100) {
return 1407//UITableView.automaticDimension
}
return 62//UITableView.automaticDimension
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
print("section: \(indexPath.section)")
print("row: \(indexPath.row)")
var topicNumberRow = (indexPath.row)
mainTopicNumberRow = topicNumberRow
DiscussionBoardTopicThread()
}
//function I call in viewdidload to show table
func setupDiscussionBoard() {
discussionBoardView.separatorStyle = .none
view.addSubview(discussionBoardView)
discussionBoardView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 203/255, green: 215/255, blue: 242/255, alpha: 1.0)
discussionBoardView.dataSource = self
discussionBoardView.delegate = self
discussionBoardView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
discussionBoardView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor).isActive = true
discussionBoardView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leftAnchor).isActive = true
discussionBoardView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
discussionBoardView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor).isActive = true
discussionBoardView.register(DiscussionTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
}
}