Custom UITableViewCell is wrong width on iPad - ios

Question

I've created a custom UITableViewCell, but when I run my app on iPad the cell's content is the same width as on iPhone. I want the content - the background UIView for example - to be the complete width.
customCell.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface customCell : UITableViewCell
#property (nonatomic, strong) UILabel *title;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UILabel *description;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *background;
#end
customCell.m
#import "customCell.h"
#implementation customCell
#synthesize title = _title;
#synthesize description = _description;
#synthesize background = _background;
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (self) {
// configure background
self.background = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.contentView.frame.size.width, 115.0f)];
// configure title
self.title = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 10, self.contentView.frame.size.width-10, 70)];
self.title.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentNatural;
self.title.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
self.title.numberOfLines = 4;
self.title.preferredMaxLayoutWidth = 20;
self.title.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = NO;
self.title.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.title.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"SourceSansPro-Regular" size:16];
[self.background addSubview:self.title];
// configure description
self.description = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 80, self.contentView.frame.size.width-10, 20)];
self.description.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.description.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;
self.description.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"SourceSansPro-Bold" size:13];
[self.background addSubview:self.description];
[self addSubview:self.background];
[self sendSubviewToBack:self.background];
}
return self;
}
#end
What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

The cell's size is not yet set in the initWithStyle:reuseIdentifier: method. Either setup your subviews with proper autoresizingMask values or implement the cell's layoutSubviews method to update their sizes.
Also, since you add the title and description labels to the background view, the labels' sizes should be based on the size of the background view, not the size of the cell's contentView.
And lastly, never name a property description. It will conflict with the description method inherited from NSObject.