Customizing UICollectionViewCell depending on indexPath - ios

Question

Hi i'm trying to customize my collectionviewcell depending on its indexPath but also if I set
if (indexPath.row == 0)
{
[cell addSubView: view];
}
the view appear random in some cells.
This is the code I'm using
- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 15;
}
// The cell that is returned must be retrieved from a call to -dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:forIndexPath:
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewCell *cell=[collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
NSInteger row = indexPath.row;
UIView *contentCell = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.frame];
if (row == 0)
{
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(1.0f, 1.0f, 50.0f, 50.0f)];
label.text = #"Test";
[contentCell addSubview:label];
}
[cell addSubview:contentCell];
cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"container"]];
return cell;
}
-(void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSLog(#"%d", indexPath.row);
}
- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return CGSizeMake(414, 228);
}

Answer 1

You have to read about reusable cells.
you can avoid the problem for now by doing this.
if (row == 0)
{
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(1.0f, 1.0f, 50.0f, 50.0f)];
label.text = #"Test";
label.tag = 200;
[contentCell addSubview:label];
}else{
UIView* lbl = [contentCell viewWithTag:200];
if(lbl)
[lbl removeFromSuperView];
}
but this will affect the scrolling and memory performance, you can put the label in the cell by default && show/hide it in the if/else blocks

Answer 2

You are adding view several times as a subview. Cells are reused due to "dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier", so after you scroll up and down, you get back existing view, which already has subview added.
You should read more about reusing cells.
One way to avoid that behavior is to create all views when you create a cell and just show / hide them.
Otherwise create cells with different identifier for different rows - in your case for row 0.