Unable to set label colour in iOS [duplicate] - ios

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UITableViewCell textLabel color not changing
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I have a tableview that contains two cells. Now these cells contain labels and I want to change the colour of these label.
My code:
- (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"CheckerCell";
CustomCell *cell =[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
cell.titleLabel.text = [titleArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.subTitleLabel.text=[subTitleArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:78/255.0 green:157/255.0 blue:19/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
else if(indexPath.row == 1)
{
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:167/255.0 green:19/255.0 blue:43/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
}
What am i missing here? Also this code is in base class. does it matter?
Please guide.

Answer 1

You should first create your cell:
- (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if( !cell ) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] init];
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:78/255.0 green:157/255.0 blue:19/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
else if(indexPath.row == 1)
{
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:167/255.0 green:19/255.0 blue:43/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
}
}
Also checkout other functions to dequeue cells as well and see which best fits your need here.
EDIT:
- (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"CheckerCell";
CustomCell *cell =[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
// See this missing piece of code to create a cell
if( !cell ) {
cell = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"SomeTableViewCellDesignedFromXIB" owner:nil options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];
}
// See this missing piece of code
cell.titleLabel.text = [titleArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.subTitleLabel.text=[subTitleArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:78/255.0 green:157/255.0 blue:19/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
else if(indexPath.row == 1)
{
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:167/255.0 green:19/255.0 blue:43/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
}

Answer 2

Try this
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = #"SimpleTableItem";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
}
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:78/255.0 green:157/255.0 blue:19/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
else if(indexPath.row == 1)
{
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:167/255.0 green:19/255.0 blue:43/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
cell.textLabel.text = #"your text here";
return cell;
}

Answer 3

You are not creating the cell in the first place, which you need to do in order to set the colour
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSString static * identifiderPlain = #"CellPlain";
UITableViewCell * cell;
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifiderPlain];
if(!cell) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identifiderPlain];
}
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:(78.0f/255.0f) green:(157.0f/255.0f) blue:(19.0f/255.0f) alpha:1.0f];
}
else if(indexPath.row == 1)
{
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:(167.0f/255.0f) green:(19.0f/255.0f) blue:(43.0f/255.0f) alpha:1.0f];
}
return cell;
}

Answer 4

Use This
cell.textLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:78/255.0 green:157/255.0 blue:19/255.0 alpha:1.0];