pass data to UITableViewCell iOS - ios

Question

I currently have a tableView with custom cells that I've called AMPFeedbackTableViewCell. The cells load up perfectly fine.
Here is the code:
-(UITableViewCell*) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//UITableViewCell* cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"feedbackCell"];
AMPFeedbackTableViewCell* cell = (AMPFeedbackTableViewCell*) [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"feedbackCell"];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = [[AMPFeedbackTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:#"feedbackCell"];
cell.currentFeedback = [[AMPFeedback alloc] init];
cell.currentFeedback = [_feedbackArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"FeedbackTableCell" owner:self options:nil];
cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
}
I'm trying to pass something to the cell before it starts like in this case it's _currentFeedback. The custom cell has a AMPFeedback item and I want it to set it before it loads. So I can use it like this : (NOTE: This is in AMPFeedbackTableViewCell
- (void)awakeFromNib
{
// Initialization code
if (_currentFeedback != nil)
[self loadImages];
}
However, _currentFeedback is always nil. Is there a way I can pass it over then call awakeFromNib?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If you are not insist on doing this inside awakefromNib, there's another way (and maybe better) to do this:
in AMPFeedbackTableViewCell.h
#property (strong) AMPFeedBack *currentFeedback;
in AMPFeedbackTableViewCell.m
#synthesize currentFeedback = _currentFeedback;
- (void)setCurrentFeedback:(AMPFeedback *)feedback {
if (feedback==nil) return;
_currentFeedback = feedback;
[self loadImages];
}
and then we can trigger it directly in main code:
-(UITableViewCell*) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
AMPFeedbackTableViewCell* cell = (AMPFeedbackTableViewCell*) [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"feedbackCell"];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[AMPFeedbackTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:#"feedbackCell"];
}
cell.currentFeedback = [_feedbackArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

You can do initialization and loading of data in the following method of custom uitableview cell
-(id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
and you can load customcell in your tableview
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *eventListCell = #"EventListCell";
EventListCell *cell = (EventListCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:eventListCell];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = (EventListCell*)[[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"EventListCell" owner:self options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];
// here you can access the custom class public variable to set data .
}
}