Setting up a Custom Cell in a Tableview with SWIFT - ios

Question

I'm trying to create a custom cell that will only be applied to one single CELL in a Section.
So a create a custom cass called buttonsTableViewCell, that is pretty much empty and only have one label called weightLabel() code bellow:
class buttonsTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var weightLabel: UILabel!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
}
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
}
On the Main.storyboard i connected everything:
Now this is what i'm trying to do in the viewcontroller class, that controls the Tableview that has the cell.
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as UITableViewCell
cell.textLabel?.text = "Testing"
if indexPath.row == 1 { // So it only changes this cell
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("buttonsCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as buttonsTableViewCell
cell.weightLabel?.text = "Weight" // ERROR UITableViewCell does not have a member named 'weightLabel'
}
return cell
}
What i'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance for the help.

Answer 1

Swift is statically typed language with type inference. So when you first assign the value of cell outside your if condition, the type of the cell variable is set to a normal UITableViewCell. Just use a different variable name like
if indexPath.row == 1 {
var buttonCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("buttonsCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as buttonsTableViewCell
buttonCell.weightLabel?.text = "Weight"
return buttonCell
}
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as UITableViewCell
cell.textLabel?.text = "Testing"
return cell