iOS UITableView cells getting duplicated - ios

Question

I have a tableviewcontroller that has dynamic controls created in cells. If it's a dropdown type, I take the user to a different tableviewcontroller to select the value. Once selected, I pop back and reload the data, but when I do that it overwrites the cells on top of one another. I know this is because I'm reusing the cells, but I cannot seem to figure out how to prevent it.
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:YES];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
EWHInboundCustomAttribute *ca = [visibleCustomAttributes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Cell"];
cell.tag=indexPath.row;
if (ca.CustomControlType == 1) {
cell.detailTextLabel.hidden=true;
cell.textLabel.hidden=true;
UITextField *caTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 185, 30)];
caTextField.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
caTextField.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
caTextField.placeholder = ca.LabelCaption;
if (ca.ReadOnly) {
[caTextField setEnabled: NO];
} else {
[caTextField setEnabled: YES];
}
caTextField.text=nil;
caTextField.text=ca.Value;
caTextField.tag=indexPath.row;
caTextField.delegate=self;
[cell.contentView addSubview:caTextField];
} else if (ca.CustomControlType == 4) {
cell.detailTextLabel.text=ca.Value;
cell.textLabel.text=ca.LabelCaption;
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
} else {
cell.detailTextLabel.hidden=true;
cell.textLabel.hidden=true;
UITextField *caTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 185, 30)];
caTextField.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
caTextField.textColor = [UIColor grayColor];
caTextField.placeholder = ca.LabelCaption;
[caTextField setEnabled: NO];
caTextField.text = ca.Value;
caTextField.tag=indexPath.row;
caTextField.delegate=self;
[cell.contentView addSubview:caTextField];
}
return cell;
}

Answer 1

Instead of creating the UITextfield each time I would suggest at least using [UIView viewWithTag:tag] to capture the same UITextField object.

Answer 2

I'd suggest you to create custom UITableViewCell subclass and put all subviews related logic there.
Next, in order to reset/clear cell before reuse - you should override prepeareForReuse function.
Swift:
override func prepareForReuse() {
super.prepareForReuse()
//set cell to initial state here
}

Answer 3

First,I suggest you to use custom cells.If not and your cells are not so many,maybe you can try unique cell identifier to avoid cell reuse:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// unique reuseID
NSString *cellReuseID = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%ld_%ld", indexPath.section, indexPath.row];
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellReuseID];
if (!cell) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellReuseID];
// do something
}
return cell;
}
Hope it's helpful.