Question

Currently I have the following method, but it doesn’t quite work…

 - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
         cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"TVCell" owner:self options:nil];
        cell = tvCell;
        self.tvCell = nil;
    }

    UILabel *label;
    label = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:5];
    label.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Hole #%d", indexPath.row];

    return cell;
}

The table view gets created with no errors, but each individual cell contains nothing, but clearly the TVCell.xib has a label with a tag of 5. The only question I have is this. I don’t quite understand these steps apple gives here…

1. Select File’s Owner in the nib document window, open the Identity pane of the inspector, and set the class of File’s Owner to your custom view controller class.

2. Connect the cell outlet of File’s Owner (now the placeholder instance of your custom subclass) to the table-view cell object in the nib-file document.

Here is where those steps are…
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/TableView_iPhone/TableViewCells/TableViewCells.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007451-CH7

Can someone please explain those steps for a noob like me? I think that is what I messed up on, but I could have done anything wrong.

Answer 1

I don’t think TcCell becomes a property of self. Try this instead when the cell queue is empty:

if (cell == nil) {
    cell=[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"TVCell" owner:self options:nil];
}