UITableView with Two Prototype Cells - ios

Question

UPDATE- Thanks to Farhad for answering my initial post. At the bottom of this post is a new issue i've encountered regarding automatic dimensioning for dynamic cell height
I've tried searching for other posts but to no avail.
As the title suggests I want to have my table view show two cells with the second cell being custom.
The first cell will have 4 rows - O.D, Weight, I.D, Grade.
The second cell, the custom cell, will have 8 labels displaying the results from the inputs from the first cell.
I have a reuse identifier for both cells. The first cell i've called "capacitiesCell" and my second cell I've called "cell2"
For my second cell, I have created a new tableViewCell file named "CapacitiesTableViewCell" that has 4 of the 8 labels as outlets.
SIDE NOTE: For the name of the cells I've just put a generic "Section #, Row #" for now but will change the line of code to cell.textlabel?.text = capacityID when I've figured the issue out...assuming that's the correct way to go about this.
Here is my code thus far:
class CapacitiesTableViewController: UITableViewController {
let capacityParameters = ["O.D", "Weight", "I.D", "Grade"]
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations
// self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = false
// Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
// self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
// MARK: - Table view data source
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
// #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of sections
return 2
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
if section == 0 {
return capacityParameters.count
} else {
return 1
}
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("capacitiesCell", forIndexPath: indexPath)
//let capacityID = capacityParameters[indexPath.row]
cell.textLabel?.text = "Section \(indexPath.section) Row \(indexPath.row)"
return cell
let dimensionAndStrengthCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell2", forIndexPath: indexPath)
// my code goes here
return dimensionAndStrengthCell
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
if section == 0 {
return "Casing Specification"
} else {
return "Dimension & Strength"
}
}
This is my storyboard:
However when I run the app I get this:
CHANGING CELL HEIGHT FOR CELL2
So in my viewDidLoad I have the following:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations
// self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = false
// Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
// self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem()
self.tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
self.tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 200.0
}
I'm trying to have my view look like the screenshot below but the "Strength and Dimension" section cell height is stuck on the default height.
the new code I've added from Farhad's response is :
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
// init return type of cell
var returnCell: UITableViewCell!
if indexPath.section == 0 { // you can also check for section with section.index
returnCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("capacitiesCell", forIndexPath: indexPath)
//let capacityID = capacityParameters[indexPath.row]
returnCell.textLabel?.text = "Section \(indexPath.section) Row \(indexPath.row)"
return returnCell
} else {
returnCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell2", forIndexPath: indexPath)
self.tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
self.tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 200.0
return returnCell
}
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
if section == 0 {
return "Casing Specification"
} else {
return "Dimension & Strength"
}
}

Answer 1

In your cellForRowAtIndexPath you check at what position you need to enter a new row or section with if/else statement.
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
//Init the Return of Cell Type
var returnCell: UITableViewCell!
if index.row == 0 { // You can also check for section index.section
returnCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("capacitiesCell", forIndexPath: indexPath)
//let capacityID = capacityParameters[indexPath.row]
cell.textLabel?.text = "Section \(indexPath.section) Row \(indexPath.row)"
return returnCell
} else {
returnCell = //Other cell at other rows or section
return returnCell
}
}