Change specific UICell backgroundcolor - ios

I have a UITableView filled with stuff from a database.
Now I want to change the background color of only one cell, the one that is set 'active item'.
How can I find the cell with (as example) name = "Active Cell" and change the background color of that cell only.
Hope you guys understand, don't know how to explain it.

If you know which is the active item as the table is loaded / reloaded you can use...
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (!cell)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
// permanent cell styling in here.
}
// non-permanent cell styling in here.
// example
MYCustomDataObject *object = [myDataArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.textlabel.text = object.text;
BOOL isActive = [object.text isEqualToString:#"Active Cell"];
cell.backgroundColor = isActive ? [UIColor redColor]:[UIColor clearColor];
return cell;
}
If you need to access it at another time... say you've just set a new active item... you should call [myTableView reloadData]; when the active item changes also.

Example code below;
UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tblView cellForRowAtIndex:index];//desired cell index and this could be get whenever you have data
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];//desired color

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UITableView disappearing content

As soon as the table view gets touched the cell titles (and on-tap actions) disappear. I only use standard table view cells and store the values in an array. After the values disappear the table stays scrollable. Any ideas?
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell...
cell.textLabel.text = [[systeme objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] description];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[cell.textLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[cell.textLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"choseSystem" object:[systeme objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
}
You should be sure that the reuse identifier is the same for all cells if you use only one type of cells. You should do something similar to the following in the portion of your code where to retrieve a reusable cell:
NSString *CellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"CellReuseIdentifier", (long)indexPath.section];
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
And make you you set the #"CellReuseIdentifier" in your xib file or your storyboard.
If you would like to use multiple custom cells for a table view you should do something similar to what you're doing, but take into account that reuse identifiers need to be configured for every type of cells.
Hope this helps!
The table view was fine. I just added its view as a subview to another view without keeping reference to the actual UITableViewController. That was the problem.

UIButton not getting focus in uitableviewcell

I have custom cells with different buttons created, the buttons are always calling their actions correctly but my problem is that if I click quickly on a button, it does not highlight but is calling its action like I said before. I need to click slowly for a few seconds (1-2 seconds) to see the highlighted state. I think it could be because first of all it's taking the focus of the scrollview of the tableview but I don't know how to fix this problem.
Please help!
Try this code : Make the cell selection type none
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell...
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
return cell;
}

Creating more detailed Table Cells

I want to create more detailed table cells. An example I found is the reddit.com client AlienBlue. Each cell has an image, the title of the post, then below it four other pieces of text. How can I "layer" text in a table cell?
Hi you should subclass UITableViewCell for custom User interface of a cell in a table view.
Also look at: UITableViewDataSource and UITableViewDelegate for other options with regard to table view.
Probably your subclassed UiTableViewCell will have custom fields for title (UILabel), caption (UILabel) and for an image (UIImageView)
Examples:
Crafting Custom UITableView Cells
Customize Table View Cells For UITableView
You will want to create a custom UITableViewCell. It's quite trivial, and can be done either entirely in code (my favorite) or through IB.
Google custom UITableView cell for some great tutorials.
Use NSMutableArray of NSMUtableDictionary, as opposed to NSArray or NSMutableArray, to hold data (strings, images, ...).
Set the table cell style property to UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle so that the table can display the detailedTextLabel (cell.detailTextLabel.text).
You can set an image to the table cell.
Example
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell...
UIImage *image = [[list1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:key1a];
cell.imageView.image = image;
NSString *categoryname = [[list1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:key1b];
cell.textLabel.text = categoryname;
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [[list1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:key1e];
cell.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];
return cell;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[appdelegate.name objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
UIImage *image = [[array1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [[array1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}

Single UITableViewCell with AccessoryView

I'm trying to build an UITableView with some long texts inside each cell. Cells are without AccessoryView, except for one cell (the 8th one), that is a sort of button to open a detail view.
Consider this code:
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
CGSize size = [[quotes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] sizeWithFont:16 constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(self.view.frame.size.width, CGFLOAT_MAX)];
return size.height+20;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
cell.textLabel.text = [quotes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if(indexPath.row==7){
[cell setAccessoryType:UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton];
}
return cell;
}
It works, but the problem is that when I scroll to the bottom of the Table (the 8th is also the last row) and then I go back to the upper side, another AccessoryView is added to a random point (more or less the 3rd cell, but I don't know if it is inside of it or is floating around randomly).
Is it something related to cell reusing by iOS? How can I avoid it?
Thanks in advance.
You have to explicitly set no disclosure button to every cell but the one that you wish to have disclosure. This way when the cell gets reused elsewhere its disclosure indicator is removed:
if(indexPath.row==7){
[cell setAccessoryType:UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton];
}else{
[cell setAccessoryType:UITableViewCellAccessoryNone];
}
The cell is being reused (as demonstrated by your call to -dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifer).
The answer is to set the cell to wanted defaults after it's been dequeued, or add an else clause to the if statement to handle it.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
cell.textLabel.text = [quotes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// Set to expected default
[cell setAccessoryType:UITableViewCellAccessoryNone];
if(indexPath.row==7){
[cell setAccessoryType:UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton];
}
return cell;
}
This is due to cell reuse as you surmise. You must explicitly set UITableViewCellAccessoryNone for cells at index paths other than 7.

UITableViewCell initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle is not working

I'm having an issue in trying to display info in a cell, one on the left and one on the right. I'm aware using initWithStyle with UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle. I use this but it doesn't seem to work.
Here is some sample code:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)ltableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Account Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:Cellidentifier];
}
Accounts *account = [self.fetchedResultsController objectAtIndexPath];
cell.textLabel.text = account.name;
cell.detailTextLabel.text = #"Price";
return cell;
}
I can display cell.textLabel.text just fine, however I cannot get the simple "Price" to be displayed. I've tried different things, such as setting the font size of cell.detailTextLabel.
I've also tried UITableViewCellStyleValue1 as some had suggested in older posts.
Threw NSLog after setting to "Price", shows cell.detailTextLabel as null.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Edit: I found this: cell.detailTextLabel.text is NULL
If I remove if (cell == nil) it works...
That check should be in place, so how do you make it work when using the different styles?
When using storyboards and prototype cells, a cell is always returned from the dequeue method (assuming a prototype with that identifier exists). This means you never get into the (cell == nil) block.
In your case the prototype cell is not defined in the storyboard with the subtitle style, so a subtitled cell is never used, and the detail text label does not exist. Change the prototype in the storyboard to have the subtitle style.
Remove all your code just once you try these lines only and check this will work or not.
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]
initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle
reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier]
autorelease];
}
cell.textLabel.text=[Array objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.detailTextLabel.text=#"Price";
return cell;
}
I see the problem: in your method name, the UITableView variable is named ltableView, not tableView. Change it to tableView.
cell.detailTextLable.text should be cell.detailTextLabel.text. It looks like a simple mis-spelling of label.
All the answers mentioned here are really a workaround i.e. using storyboard.
Here is a way to do it only in code.
Basically instead of registering the identifier for the cell in viewDidLoad do it only once in cellForRowAtIndexPath: method. Also reset cell registered in viewDidLoad __sCellRegistered = 0;
static int _sCellRegistered = 0;
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = nil;
if (__sCellRegistered == 0) {
__sCellRegistered = 1;
NSLog(#"register cell");
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleValue1 reuseIdentifier:#"CellIdentifier"];
[self.tableView registerClass:[UITableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"CellIdentifier"];
};
if (!cell) {
NSLog(#"dequeue");
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"CellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
}

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