UITableView Cells With DIfferent Format & Behavior in Same Table Section - ios

Question

I have a UITableView with one section. All of the cells in that one section have cells that are derived from a subclass of UITableViewCell called PLContactCell.
What I'd like to do is, for the very last row of the table only, not use a PLContactCell. I just want to use a normal UITableViewCell that I can format however I would like. I'd also like to be able to have this cell NOT respond to being tapped.
My initial cellForRowAtIndexPath method is:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
PLContactCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:[PLContactCell reuseIdentifier]];
if (!cell) {
cell = [PLContactCell reusableCell];
cell.delegate = self;
}
id modelObject = [[sections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if ([modelObject isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
[cell configureWithString:modelObject];
} else {
[cell configureWithUser:modelObject];
}
return cell;
}
EDIT
So I tried created a UITableView cell in the XIB file and added the reuse identifier of "newCell" to it. Then I added this code:
if (indexPath.row == [[sections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] count] - 1) {
NSString *CellIdentifier = #"newCell";
noFormatCell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
This doesn't do anything. My question is, how do I access the last row of the section and how do I make it so that that cell it is not a PLContactCell but a UITableView Cell.

Answer 1

If it's always at the end, you might consider using the footer view of the UITableView. You can then keep some extra logic out of your UITableViewDataSource.
If it HAS to be as a cell, you'd have to add an extra row count on your last section, then do an if statement check to watch out for it in your -tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: implementation. I would strongly urge you try the footer approach, as it's cleaner and way easier to figure out what you were doing a few months/years from now.
Here's some code. Note you'd need to make another section if you are using grouped style in the UITableView.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
if (section == sections.count - 1) //Looking for last section
{
return [sections objectAtIndex:section].count + 1; //Add one to the last section
}
return [sections objectAtIndex:section].count;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSInteger row = indexPath.row;
if ((sections.count == indexPath.section) && [sections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section].count == indexPath.row)
{
//Here you would create and return your UITableViewCell
}
PLContactCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:[PLContactCell reuseIdentifier]];
if (!cell) {
cell = [PLContactCell reusableCell];
cell.delegate = self;
}
id modelObject = [[sections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if ([modelObject isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
[cell configureWithString:modelObject];
} else {
[cell configureWithUser:modelObject];
}
return cell;
}