Creating more detailed Table Cells - ios

Question

I want to create more detailed table cells. An example I found is the reddit.com client AlienBlue. Each cell has an image, the title of the post, then below it four other pieces of text. How can I "layer" text in a table cell?

Answer 1

Hi you should subclass UITableViewCell for custom User interface of a cell in a table view.
Also look at: UITableViewDataSource and UITableViewDelegate for other options with regard to table view.
Probably your subclassed UiTableViewCell will have custom fields for title (UILabel), caption (UILabel) and for an image (UIImageView)
Examples:
Crafting Custom UITableView Cells
Customize Table View Cells For UITableView

Answer 2

You will want to create a custom UITableViewCell. It's quite trivial, and can be done either entirely in code (my favorite) or through IB.
Google custom UITableView cell for some great tutorials.

Answer 3

Use NSMutableArray of NSMUtableDictionary, as opposed to NSArray or NSMutableArray, to hold data (strings, images, ...).
Set the table cell style property to UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle so that the table can display the detailedTextLabel (cell.detailTextLabel.text).
You can set an image to the table cell.
Example
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell...
UIImage *image = [[list1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:key1a];
cell.imageView.image = image;
NSString *categoryname = [[list1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:key1b];
cell.textLabel.text = categoryname;
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [[list1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:key1e];
cell.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];
return cell;
}

Answer 4

- (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];
}
cell.textLabel.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[appdelegate.name objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
UIImage *image = [[array1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [[array1 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}