How to use different content uitableviewcell - ios

Question

I am using UITableView with group-type, and I am adding different content on UITableViewCell
and each indexPath.section I am checking in UITableViewCell delegate method
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
cellIdentifier = (indexPath.row % 2 == 0 ? #"EvenCell" : #"OddCell");
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle: UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (indexPath.section == 0)
{
// adding image
// called
}
else if (indexPath.section == 1)
{
// adding lable
called
}
else if (indexPath.section == 2)
{
// adding panorma gps
called
}
else if (indexPath.section == 3)
{
not called // this section problem
}
else if (indexPath.section == 4)
{
not called // this section problem
}
}
return cell;
}
I have given number of section 5, but it is calling only indexPath.section 0, 1, and 2 only.

Answer 1

The problem is that that you only have only two types of cellIdentifier values (i.e. two types of cells you're reusing), but you appear to have five different layouts. The problem is that layouts are only called if a reused cell was not found. Thus, by the time you get down to section 3, dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier is probably succeeding and reusing a cell that has scrolled off screen, and thus your code inside the if (cell == nil) block is not getting called at all for sections 3 and 4.
You can remedy that by either having more cell types, unique to the section number, too, e.g.:
NSString *cellType = (indexPath.row % 2 == 0 ? #"EvenCell" : #"OddCell");
NSString *cellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#-%d", cellType, indexPath.section];
You haven't shared what the even/odd logic is used for, so I'm not entirely sure what that's needed for. Assuming it's for something simple like backgroundColor, then I might be inclined to drop even/odd from the cellIdentifier altogether (and move the setting the background color outside the if (cell==nil) block), and just use the section number for the cell identifier:
NSString *cellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"MyCellSection-%d", indexPath.section];
We'd need a better sense of how different the various cells are configured (what is the degree of commonality) to make concrete suggestions on the best way to format this. But the key issue is that your cellIdentifier choices have to correspond to what's inside the if (cell == nil) block.

Answer 2

make sure you are returning 5 from here
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 5;
}

Answer 3

You call a method to the number of sections as follows?
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
// Return the number of sections.
return 5;
}
Try call your methods after if(cell == nil):
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle: UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
if (indexPath.section == 0) {
// adding image
// called
}
else if (indexPath.section == 1) {
// adding lable
called
}
else if (indexPath.section == 2) {
// adding panorma gps
called
}
else if (indexPath.section == 3) {
not called // this section problem
}
else if (indexPath.section == 4) {
not called // this section problem
}