Resizable TableView Cell - ios

Question

So I have been trying to create a generic chat bubble-ish look with a resizable view and label inside a UITableView cell. Things were working well until I tried to add in the resizable feature. It cuts off just a bit at the bottom (or does not give any margin), and I have not worked with completely dynamic cells like this before so I am not sure how to fix this. I tried adding a 20px buffer but it did not help. I appreciate the help!
(Code below)
import QuartzCore
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!
var listOfStrings = [String] ()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
// When I Uncomment the 2 lines below, the cell cuts off and only displays a little bit of the blue view.
// self.tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
// self.tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 75
listOfStrings.append("Switch, Button, Segmented Control, Slider, Textfield")
listOfStrings.append("Switch, Button, Segmented Control, Slider, Textfield")
listOfStrings.append("Switch, Button, Segmented Control, Slider, Textfield")
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
print(indexPath.row)
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("someCell") as! SomeTableViewCell
cell.contentView.viewWithTag(0)!.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
let size = cell.layer.bounds
let tableSize = self.tableView.layer.bounds
let viewCGR = CGRect(x: size.minX, y: size.height/2, width: tableSize.width, height: size.height/2)
let view: UIView = UIView(frame: viewCGR)
let labelCGR = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: viewCGR.width, height: viewCGR.height)
let label: UILabel = UILabel(frame: labelCGR)
label.numberOfLines = 0
label.preferredMaxLayoutWidth = CGRectGetWidth(tableView.bounds)
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
label.text = listOfStrings[indexPath.row]
label.sizeToFit()
self.tableView.updateConstraints()
let newViewCGR = CGRect(x: viewCGR.minX, y: viewCGR.minY, width: label.frame.width+20, height: label.frame.height+20)
view.frame = newViewCGR
view.sizeToFit()
label.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
label.center.x = view.center.x
// self.tableView.updateConstraints()
view.addSubview(label)
self.tableView.updateConstraints()
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.blueColor()
view.layer.cornerRadius = 6
cell.addSubview(view)
self.tableView.updateConstraints()
return cell
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return listOfStrings.count
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
Btw I am not using autolayout + constraints to get the functionality of having the bubble be able to appear on the left or right (depending on incoming or outgoing).

Answer 1

After the new API by apple you don't calculate height. You just use autolayout to do the work. I think this link could help you a lot. By the way there is a nice tutorial Self-sizing Table View Cells

Answer 2

you don't have to calculate height row for height cell .
you add this code in viewDidLoad()
tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 50

Answer 3

#Ryan find the height of the cell with the text using following method,
CGRect textRect =
[attributedText boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(cellWidth, CGFLOAT_MAX)
options:(NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin|NSStringDrawingUsesFontLeading)
context:nil];
call this method from
heightForRowAtIndexPath:
and set the height of the cell here as textRect.size.height