Creating sections with headers with two dynamic tableviewcells in Swift - ios

Question

I have a table view with two cells, "electionInfo" and "candidates". Candidates returns an array of the candidates, while electionInfo gives a single text body (so just one cell). I'd like to divide them into two sections with their respective headers. Right now, it gives me one header for both cells. How do I fix it?
Thanks!!
My code...
#IBOutlet weak var table: UITableView!
var info: [PFObject] = []
var items: [PFObject] = []
let titles = ["Election Info", "Candidates"]
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return self.items.count + 1
}
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return self.items.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
return titles[section]
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
if indexPath.row == self.items.count {
let cell = table.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("candidateCell") as! CandidateTableViewCell
let candidate = items[indexPath.row]
cell.candidateImage.file = candidate["image"] as! PFFile
cell.candidateImage.loadInBackground()
cell.candidateName?.text = candidate["name"] as! String
cell.candidateParty?.text = candidate["partyAffiliation"] as! String
return cell
} else {
let cell = table.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("electionCell") as! ElectionInfoTableViewCell
cell.electionInfo.text = "hey there"
}
}
}

Answer 1

internal func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 2 //or the number of sections you have
}
internal func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell{
let cell = UITableViewCell()
if indexPath.section == 0 {
let candidateCell = table.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("candidateCell") as! CandidateTableViewCell
let candidate = items[indexPath.row]
cell.candidateImage.file = candidate["image"] as! PFFile
cell.candidateImage.loadInBackground()
cell.candidateName?.text = candidate["name"] as! String
cell.candidateParty?.text = candidate["partyAffiliation"] as! String
return candidateCell
} if indexPath.section == 1 {
let electionCell = table.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("electionCell") as! ElectionInfoTableViewCell
cell.electionInfo.text = "hey there"
return electionCell
}
return cell
}
then you have also to change your numberOfRowsInSection
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
// #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of rows
if section == 0 {
return self.items.count
}
if section == 1 {
return self.items.count // or the number of rows you have in that section
}
}

Answer 2

A section and a cell is different thing in tableview. Right now your code gives you section instead of cell because you return self.items.count + 1 in numberOfSectionsInTableView. A fix for this;
Since your tableview should contain two section only you must return 2 or titles.count in numberOfSectionsInTableView
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return self.titles.count
}
Next return corresponding array count in numberOfRowsInSection
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
if section == 0{
return self.info.count
}else{
return self.items.count
}
}
And finally in cell for row at index path return cell based on a section:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
if indexPath.section == 1 {
let cell = table.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("candidateCell") as! CandidateTableViewCell
let candidate = items[indexPath.row]
cell.candidateImage.file = candidate["image"] as! PFFile
cell.candidateImage.loadInBackground()
cell.candidateName?.text = candidate["name"] as! String
cell.candidateParty?.text = candidate["partyAffiliation"] as! String
return cell
} else {
let cell = table.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("electionCell") as! ElectionInfoTableViewCell
cell.electionInfo.text = "hey there"
}
}