multiple cell in tableview - ios

Question

I am working on an ios project which uses tableview. I could populate tableviews properly but now I want two cells in a tableview.
This is a fixed cell one which I could put datepicker into
This should be populated with data maybe from a storage or hard coded.
this means I want the first cell to be fixed because it contains the datepicker alone.
this is my code so far for implementing the (2) requirement which means I am only able to implement one cell.
let animals: [String] = ["Horse", "Cow", "Camel", "Sheep", "Goat"]
override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return animals.count
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
cell.textLabel?.text = animals[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
any help would be appriciated. thanks

Answer 1

let animals: [String] = ["Horse", "Cow", "Camel", "Sheep", "Goat"]
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 2
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
if section == 0 {
return 1
}else{
return animals.count
}
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
if indexPath.section == 0 {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "CELL_IDENTIFIER_FOR_DATEPICKER_CELL", for: indexPath)
return cell
}else{
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "CELL_IDENTIFIER_FOR_DEFAULT_CELL", for: indexPath
cell.textLabel?.text = animals[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return CGFloat.leastNormalMagnitude
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForFooterInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return CGFloat.leastNormalMagnitude
}

Answer 2

You can make 2 sections for this::
let animals: [String] = ["Horse", "Cow", "Camel", "Sheep", "Goat"]
override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 2 // one for cell 1, and other for 2nd types
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
if section == 0 { return 1 } // 1 for datePicker
else { return animals.count } // requirement 2
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
if indexPath.section == 0 {
cell.textLabel?.isHidden= true
var datePicker = ...
// create date Picker and cell.contentView.addSubview(datePicker)
} else {
cell.textLabel?.text = animals[indexPath.row]
}
return cell
}