UILabel in TableCell never changes font or colour - ios

Question

I've been trying to find a solution for this for quite some time now but with no luck. I've got a TableViewController with a number of Cells, all of which have a UILabel with some text. I'm trying to change the font and colour with the following code:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *CellIdentifier = [menuItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Times New Roman" size:12.0f];
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
return cell;
}
This code should be correct to set the font and colour to a UILabel but it just never changes. Maybe there's a setting I need to change from the Interface Builder? Maybe an attribute setting the I need to disable?
The odd part is that even from the Interface Builder the fonts and colours simply never change.

Answer 1

Try the following code:-
#interface TestTableViewController ()<UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITableView *tableView;
#end
#implementation TestTableViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.tableView.delegate=self;
self.tableView.dataSource=self;
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return 5;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString * reuseIdentifier = nil ;
UITableViewCell* cell = (UITableViewCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Times New Roman" size:12.0f];
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Number: %d",indexPath.row];
return cell;
}