Question

Here’s what I need to do:

Load 66px x 66px images into the table cells in the MainViewController table. each TableCell has a unique image.

But how? Would we use cell.image?

cell.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@'image.png']; 

If so, where? Is an if/else statement required?

To load each cell’s labels, MainViewController uses an NSDictionary and NSLocalizedString like so:

 //cell one     menuList addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:     NSLocalizedString(@'PageOneTitle', @''), kTitleKey,     NSLocalizedString(@'PageOneExplain', @''), kExplainKey, nil]];      //cell two     menuList addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:     NSLocalizedString(@'PageOneTitle', @''), kTitleKey,     NSLocalizedString(@'PageOneExplain', @''), kExplainKey, nil]]; 

…

 // this is where MainViewController loads the cell content - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { MyCustomCell *cell = (MyCustomCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:kCellIdentifier];  if (cell == nil) { cell = [[[MyCustomCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:kCellIdentifier] autorelease];  } 

…

    // MyCustomCell.m adds the subviews - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)aRect reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier { self = [super initWithFrame:aRect reuseIdentifier:identifier]; if (self) { // you can do this here specifically or at the table level for all cells self.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;  // Create label views to contain the various pieces of text that make up the cell. // Add these as subviews. nameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero]; // layoutSubViews will decide the final frame nameLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; nameLabel.opaque = NO; nameLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor]; nameLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; nameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18]; [self.contentView addSubview:nameLabel];  explainLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero]; // layoutSubViews will decide the final frame explainLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; explainLabel.opaque = NO; explainLabel.textColor = [UIColor grayColor]; explainLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; explainLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]; [self.contentView addSubview:explainLabel];    //added to mark where the thumbnail image should go    imageView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 66, 66)];   [self.contentView addSubview:imageView]; }  return self; } 

Answer 1

If the image is going to be the same for every cell, i.e., it’s part of that type of cell, you could load it in MyCustomCell’s init, using self.image = [UIImage imageNamed:’blabla’];

Otherwise, if the image will be different for different cells, it would be more logical to put it in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: