Programiticaly Multiple Columns in Tableview ios - ios

Question

I am trying to create a table with multiple columns, I am using array of cells.
Following is my code, I get single columns every time.
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *cellIdentifier = #"Cell";
TableViewCell *cell = (TableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell = [[TableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] ;
CGFloat x = 0.0f;
UIView *lastCol = [[cell columnCells] lastObject];
if (lastCol) x = lastCol.frame.origin.x + lastCol.frame.size.width;
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
UILabel *l = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, i, 40.0f)] ;
UIView *gridCell = l;
CGRect f = gridCell.frame;
f.origin.x += x;
gridCell.frame = f;
[cell.contentView addSubview:gridCell];
CGFloat colWidth = [self widthForColumn:i];
x += colWidth + 1.0f;
[[cell columnCells] addObject:gridCell];
}
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
UILabel *l = (UILabel*)[cell columnCells][i];
l.text =self.department[indexPath.row];
}
return cell;
}

Answer 1

How about this?
// table view delegates
- (int)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *) tableView {
return 1;
}
- (int) tableView:(UITableView *) tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 100;
}
-(UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *) tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"MainCell"];
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:#"MainCell"];
double boxWidth = self.view.frame.size.width/3;
for (int i=0;i<=2;i++) {
UIView *mView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(boxWidth*i, 0, boxWidth, 100)];
if (i==0) {
mView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
} else if (i==1) {
mView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
} else if (i==2) {
mView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
}
[cell addSubview:mView];
}
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
return cell;
}

Answer 2

Thanks to Fahim, I just modified his code and got what I wanted.
Here's the exact requirement which I was looking for.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"MainCell"];
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:#"MainCell"];
double boxWidth = self.view.frame.size.width/3;
for (int i=0;i<=2;i++) {
UIView *mView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(boxWidth*i, 0, boxWidth, 100)];
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 50, 250, 15)];
[label setText:self.department[indexPath.row]];
[cell addSubview:mView];
[mView addSubview:label];
}
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
return cell;
}