UITableViewController accessing static cells programmatically issue - ios

Question

Say I have a table with 10 static cells in it, is there a way to select a certain cell programmatically?
I've tried this
UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView.subviews objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
but that does not actually return a table cell it seems.
this seems to crash my code
UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
Im trying to set the individual heights for the static cells in code. An option would be to make outlets for each individual static cell, but that seems silly.

Answer 1

To access statically created cells, try this:
UITableViewCell *cell = [super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
This works for static cells. So, if you're in the...
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;
}
... delegate, you can access all statically configured cells using the above declaration. From there, you can do what ever you want with "cell".
I had a ViewController that had two UITableViews on it. One of them had cells defined statically, with a Storyboard, and the other had cells defined dynamically using code. Given I was using the same ViewController as delegate for both tables, I needed to prevent new cells from being created where cellForRowAtIndexPath was being called where cells had already been created.
In your case, you need to gain programmatic access to your cells.
Have fun.

Answer 2

Create an #IBOutlet.
This will work even if you re-arrange your static cells programmatically.

Answer 3

You can try this...
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell*)[yourTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:rowvalue inSection:0]];

Answer 4

If you need accessing the cell object, then using UITableViewCell method cellForRowAtIndexPath is quite appropriate.
That may either just pass the cell, if it is visible, or call the delegate method cellForRowAtIndexPath (do not mix them up) which you should provide. If that one crashes then dig deeper and investigate the root cause of the crash.

Answer 5

Use table view delegate method
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSInteger height;
if(0 == indexPath.row)
{
height = 44;
}
else
{
height = 50;
}
return height;
}

Answer 6

This is a Swift 2.3. Solution.
The UITableViewController is created in IB.
/*
NOTE
The custom static cells must be
In the IB tableview if one is being used
They also must be updated to be MYCustomTableViewCell
instead of UITableViewCell
*/
import UIKit
class MYCustomTableVC: UITableViewController
{
override func viewDidLoad()
{
super.viewDidLoad()
// NO Nib registration is needed
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
let cell = super.tableView(tableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath: indexPath) as! MYCustomTableViewCell
// MYCustomTableViewCell can be created programmatically
// without a Xib file
return cell
}
}