Load multiple uitableview cells under one xib in swift - ios

Question

I know it is possible that we can load multiple uitableview cells under one xib in Objective C but is it possible also in swift?
I tried to use same logic I used in Objective C
var cellAuditDetails:AuditDetailsTableViewCell! = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("customTrialDetailsCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! AuditDetailsTableViewCell
if indexPath.row == 0{
if(cellAuditDetails == nil)
{
cellAuditDetails = NSBundle.mainBundle().loadNibNamed("AuditDetailsTableViewCell", owner: self, options: nil)[0] as! AuditDetailsTableViewCell;
}
}
else{
cellAuditDetails = NSBundle.mainBundle().loadNibNamed("AuditDetailsTableViewCell", owner: self, options: nil)[1] as! AuditDetailsTableViewCell;
}
But got the following error ***Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'invalid nib registered for identifier (customTrialDetailsCell) - nib must contain exactly one top level object which must be a UITableViewCell instance'
Now If I use only one cell then its fine. But how do I load multiple cells under same xib? Because its irritating to take another xib for each new cell.

Answer 1

Somehow I managed to solve this problem in Swift 3. Thanks to #waris-shams. Here is the solution:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "customCell")
if indexPath.row == 0{
if(cell == nil)
{
let cellAuditDetails:AuditDetailsTableViewCell = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("AuditDetailsTableViewCell", owner: self, options: nil)? [0] as! AuditDetailsTableViewCell
cell = cellAuditDetails
}
}
else{
if(cell == nil)
{
let cellAuditDetails:AuditDetailsTableViewCell = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("AuditDetailsTableViewCell", owner: self, options: nil)? [1] as! AuditDetailsTableViewCell
cell = cellAuditDetails
}
}
}

Answer 2

It is possible if you distinguishing the views in your XIB (tags, custom classes, etc), then you don't even need to register the nib – all you have to do is this:
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cellIndex = 12345
var cellIdentifier = "MyAwesomeCell"
// dequeue cell or, if it doesn't exist yet, create a new one from the nib
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier)!
if !cell {
var topLevelObjects = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("MyNibWithLotsOfCustomCells", owner: self, options: nil)
var index = (topLevelObjects as NSArray).indexOfObject(passingTest: {(_ obj: Any, _ idx: Int, _ stop: Bool) -> BOOL in
// if you distinguish the views by class
return type(of: obj) === NSClassFromString(cellIdentifier)
// if you distinguish the views by tag
return (obj as! UIView).tag == cellIndex
})
cell = topLevelObjects[index]
}
}
and one more thing to remember that use
dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier:cellIdentifier)
instead of
dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier, for: indexPath)