Custom UITableCell not working - ios

Question

I searched too much, tried lot of thinks but i couldn't make it work.
I have a view controller, and in that controller i have a tableview which has custom cell.
I connect outlets,datasource and delegate but when i run the project, instead of my custom cells. UITableCell is shown and not showing data either. here is my .h and .m files
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#class SelectMutantCell;
#interface MutantViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>{
UITableView *tableView;
IBOutlet SelectMutantCell *mutantCell;
}
#property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UITableView *tableView;
#property (nonatomic, weak) SelectMutantCell *mutantCell;
- (IBAction)cancel:(id)sender;
#end
and here is my .m file
#implementation MutantViewController
#synthesize tableView = _tableView;
#synthesize mutantCell = _mutantCell;
NSArray *mutants;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//mutants = [mutants initWithObjects:#"Keko",#"HEHE",#"PEPE", nil];
UINib *cellNib = [UINib nibWithNibName:#"SelectMutantCell" bundle:nil];
[self.tableView registerNib:cellNib forCellReuseIdentifier:#"SelectMutantCell"];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *CellIdentifier = #"SelectMutantCell";
SelectMutantCell *cell = (SelectMutantCell *)[self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
NSLog(#"---");
cell.nameLabel.text = #"Hehe"];
cell.descriptionLabel.text = #"hhe";
return cell;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return 3;
}
the NSLog(#"---") is for debugging and it appears when running. the problem is in
cell.nameLabel.text = #"Hehe"];
cell.descriptionLabel.text = #"hhe";
this block, if i write cell.textLabel.text = "test" it works but i need my custom cell to shown.
any help will be appreciated..

Answer 1

Insert if(cell==nil){} loop
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *CellIdentifier = #"SelectMutantCell";
SelectMutantCell *cell = (SelectMutantCell *)[self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[SelectMutantCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
NSLog(#"---");
cell.nameLabel.text = #"Hehe"];
cell.descriptionLabel.text = #"hhe";
return cell;
}

Answer 2

Looking at your cellForRowAtIndexPath: method, you never initialize the cell. Try doing it like this:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *CellIdentifier = #"SelectMutantCell";
SelectMutantCell *cell = (SelectMutantCell *)[self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
NSArray *topLevelObjects = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"SelectMutantCell" owner:nil options:nil];
for(id currentObject in topLevelObjects) {
if([currentObject isKindOfClass:[SelectMutantCell class]]) {
cell = (SelectMutantCell *)currentObject;
break;
}
}
}
NSLog(#"---");
cell.nameLabel.text = #"Hehe"];
cell.descriptionLabel.text = #"hhe";
return cell;
}

Answer 3

I had the same issue. To solve it check the followings :
in your nib file, you have removed the root view created by default, and dragged a UITableViewCell from XCode object browser, then set the custom type of the UItableViewCell to your subclass SelectMutantCell
you have linked the outlets
you have added the cell identifier to SelectMutantCell, as you would do in storyboard
last but not least, you didn't add the same cell in your storyboard TableView, it will conflit between the one from storyboard and the one from [self.tableView registerNib:cellNib forCellReuseIdentifier:#"SelectMutantCell"];