Multiple labels in a Section Row - ios

Question

since a couple of days i'm trying to print two strings coming from an array of data, parsed from a xml file coming from my server (that was long :D). The problem is that i only managed to print one of the two strings. i made my researches and find a pointer on a technic but i can't managed to make that technic work if someone could help me please. here is my code :
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *MyIdentifier = #"MyIdentifier";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:MyIdentifier] autorelease];
}
for(UIView *eachView in [cell subviews]){
[eachView removeFromSuperview];
}
UILabel *lbl1 = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
[lbl1 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:12.0]];
[lbl1 setTextColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
int storyIndex = [indexPath indexAtPosition: [indexPath length] - 1];
lbl1.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex] objectForKey: #"creation_date"];
NSLog(lbl1.text);
[cell addSubview:lbl1];
[lbl1 release];
UILabel *lbl2 = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
[lbl2 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:12.0]];
[lbl2 setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
lbl2.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex] objectForKey: #"name"];
NSLog(lbl2.text);
[cell addSubview:lbl2];
[lbl2 release];
//Used to do this ---> int storyIndex = [indexPath indexAtPosition: [indexPath length] - 1];
//[cell.textLabel setText:[[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex] objectForKey: #"creation_date"]];
return cell;
}

Answer 1

Problem I see is that you are adding subview directly to cell. You should add it to cell.contentview like this:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 160, 50);
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentRight;
[cell.contentView addSubview:label];
[label release];
}
// Get a reference to the label here
label.text = #"9:00am";
return cell;
}
Also I strongly suggest to create subclass for UITableViewCell.

Answer 2

Rather than trying to dynamically create labels for a cell in this way you are better off just using a custom table view cell that already has the two labels positioned as you want. You can then set the text for those labels directly.
Looking at your code, I also recommend that you move to ARC rather than MRC and also read up on the documentation for table views; you don't need to check for a nil value returned from the reuse queue in this case, or if you are using correctly configured custom cells on a storyboard.