Prompt on the last cell of the table view - ios

Question

I want UITableView always has the text "No more items" in the last cell, I want this row appears regardless of number of items, include 0 items. How could I do?

Answer 1

You can get the total row of a section by using numberOfRowsInSection: method.
NSInteger total = [self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:indexPath.section];
// Check if last cell or no cell.
if(indexPath.row == totalRow -1 || indexPath.row == 0)
{
// Do your operation here
}
You can perform this in your cellForRowAtIndexPath or willDisplayCell methods. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

Just add the row regardless of your other items:
- (void)buildMenu {
[_menuItems removeAllObjects];
// ... add your items or not if you have 0
YourCellItem *lastItem = [[YourCellItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"No more items"];
[_menuItems addObject:lastItem];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return _menuItems.count;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"yourCellIdentifier";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
YourTableViewCell *basicCell = (YourTableViewCell *)cell;
YourCellItem *item = [_menuItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
basicCell.itemTitle.text = item.title;
return cell;
}