Custom Cell for 2 TableViews/Segmented Control Swift - ios

Question

So I have a Segmented Control that switches between 2 TableViews & 1 MapView inside a MainVC.
I'm able to switch the views in the simulator by adding an IBAction func changedInSegmentedControl to switch which views are hidden while one of them is active.
I created 2 custom TableViewCells with XIBs. I also added tags with each TableView.
My question is how do I add them in cellForRowAtIndexPath?
Currently, my code is:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
// var cell: UITableViewCell
if (tableView.tag == 1) {
cell: CardTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("CardCell") as! CardTableViewCell
return cell
}
else if (tableView.tag == 2) {
cell: ListTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("ListCell") as! ListTableViewCell
return cell
}
}
Of course Swift requires a "return cell" for the function outside the If statements. I tried with a var cell: UITableViewCell outside, but run into trouble finishing the dequeuReusableCellWithIdentifier.
Anyone have some idea how to do this? Thanks.

Answer 1

This is how I approached it (Swift 3.0 on iOS 10). I made one tableView with two custom cells (each is their own subclass). The segmented control is on my navigationBar and has two segments: People and Places.
There are two arrays within my class, (people and places) which are the data sources for the two table views. An action attached to the segmentedControl triggers the reload of the table, and the switch statement in cellForRowAtIndex controls which cell from which array is loaded.
I load data into the two data arrays from an API call, the asynchronous completion of which triggers dataLoaded(), which reloads the tableView. Again I don't have to worry about which segment is selected when the table is reloaded: cellForRowAtIndex takes care of loading the correct data.
I initialize a basic cell just as UITableViewCell and then in the case statement I created and configure the custom cell. Then I return my custom type cell at the end, and as long as the reuseIdentifiers and classes are correct in cellForRowAtIndex, the correct cell is initialized and displayed in the tableView.
#IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!
#IBOutlet weak var peoplePlacesControl: UISegmentedControl!
fileprivate var placesArray: [PlaceModel]?
fileprivate var usersArray: [UserModel]?
#IBAction func segmentedControlActionChanged(_ sender: AnyObject) {
tableView.reloadData()
switch segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
case 0:
loadUsersfromAPI()
case 1:
loadPlacesFromAPI()
default:
// shouldnt get here
return
}
}
func dataLoaded() {
switch peoplePlacesControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
case 0: // users
if favoriteUsersArray == nil {
self.tableView.reloadData()
} else {
hideTableViewWhileEmpty()
}
case 1: // places
if placesArray != nil {
self.tableView.reloadData()
} else {
hideTableViewWhileEmpty()
}
default:
return
}
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
switch segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
case 0:
if usersArray != nil {
return usersArray!.count
} else {
return 0
}
case 1: // places
if placesArray != nil {
return placesArray!.count
} else {
return 0
}
default:
return 0
}
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell = UITableViewCell()
switch peoplePlacesControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
case 0: // people
let userCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MyUserCell", for: indexPath) as! MyUserTableViewCell
if usersArray != nil && indexPath.row < usersArray!.count {
let user = usersArray![indexPath.row]
userCell.configure(user)
userCell.myDelegate = self
}
cell = userCell as MyUserTableViewCell
case 1: // places
let placeCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MyPlaceCell", for: indexPath) as! MyPlaceTableViewCell
if favoritePlacesArray != nil && indexPath.row < favoritePlacesArray!.count {
let place = placesArray![indexPath.row]
placeCell.configure(place)
placeCell.myDelegate = self
}
cell = placeCell as MyPlaceTableViewCell
default:
break
}
return cell
}

Answer 2

I have made change in your code.
Use following code
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
if (tableView.tag == 1) {
cell: CardTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("CardCell") as! CardTableViewCell
return cell
}
cell: ListTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("ListCell") as! ListTableViewCell
return cell
}