When we add any UITableView to UIViewController through storyboard we will see screen like this
and there is an option for PrototypeCell top right side. But when we add the UITableView to View.xib we will see screen like this
and here there is no PrototypeCell. I am not understanding this why there is difference. Please explain.
It's different because when you drag and drop a UItbaleViewController in the UIStoryboard, it assume that you will use dynamic cells, and when you drag and dropped a simple UITableView it changed the property to static, which means that you will provide different UI and informations to each cells.
You can change the style to dynamic instead of plain if you want to have prototype cells.
PrototypeCell not available in xib file, storyboard only.
You can use separated xib for UITableViewCell in this case. (in storyboard case you also can use separated xib for cells)
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I am trying to add FooterView(UIView) by dragging down on UITableview through XIB but can't.
Yes we can add it programetically (tableView.tableFooterView = myView) & also works with dragging view in Storyboard,
But I want right from XIB.
You cannot do this in a Xib. If you think about it, a storyboard is somewhat like a collection of Xib files. Thus, in a storyboard you can add a footer view as a kind of 'xib' embedded in that storyboard. A pure xib cannot contain multiple child xib's, so what you want is not possible unfortunately.
Now the situation is illustrated in this image:
I have an app having multiple Xib files calling in one main Xib and its class. I have added expand and collapse view which works on particular xib expand and collapse subviews as required and reduces/Expands Height too.
This works well for one xib section when all tabs of xib files are collapsed and the second xib won't change its y-coordinates, but I'm having a white space between. I want to fix it.
Note: Every xib contains a class referring to it. The whole app won't use auto-resize.
How can I solve this?
I have a UITableViewController using many different types of cells.
In the code, each of those cells has its own UITableViewCell subclass.
In storyboard, they are all in the same screen.
Now I need to use the same cells in other screens as well.
How do I do that without having to copy and paste my cell in storyboard in the new screens?
I don't want any duplication in storyboard when it comes to layout and constraints.
Your best option is probably to move the cells into separate XIB files. You need to use the registerNib: method on UITableView to tell the table where it can find the cell definition.
You can create a
UITableViewCell
class.
Use this class as the cell's custom class and Ctrl link your cell's items to the property in this class.
Then you can use this cell class for other table views
I'm running on some glitch or may be functionality lack.
I cannot edit UITableView when using XIB, just like Storyboard does.
There is something i'm missing??
Apple does not allow being able to edit cells directly in an XIB. You have to create a separate XIB for the cell and in the table view data source return a cell with that cell subclass
Maximillian is right — so instead of designing your cells in a XIB, I would design it in a storyboard, which then you could link into a larger storyboard with RBStoryboard.
We are trying to teach our designer to create simple iOS apps using storyboards.
One thing we can't figure out though is a straightforward way to have custom static table cells.
Static in the sense that he can add static info to the cells in storyboards (not loaded from a database or anything).
The problem we're having is we can't work out how to make a custom cell with a custom layout.
We can create a custom layout programatically. However, in the storyboard bit doesn't show up the layout (it shows the layout of a standard table cell). So we can't fill in the extra labels and images and such.
Can we make a custom cell so that it will show up in storyboard and let us make static cells out of it?
Thanks
There is a property when you select the table view in the storyboard and you have to change it from Dynamic to Static and then you add the extra labels and images there.