Question

How can I protect Text of UITableViewCell, which gets changed on scrolling of the UITableView.

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
CustomTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if(indexPath.row != [destinationList count])
{
    if (cell == nil) 
    {
        cell = [[CustomTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    }
    cell.customLable.text = @"MyCustomLabel";
else
{
    if (cell == nil) 
    {
        cell = [[CustomTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    }
    cell.textLabel.text = @"Static Text to be set";
    [cell.customLable removeFromSuperview];
}

Problem: Every time I scroll the UITableView, @”Static Text to be set” gets overwritten on @”MyCustomLabel”.

How can I prevent this? I want all the cells of UITableView to retains their TextLabels through Table’s LifeTime.

Answer 1

Two possible answers:

1. Generally it doesn’t matter. Reusing the cell is how it’s supposed to work and you should fully “reset” each cell each time. You shouldn’t be storing state in the cell anyway
2. Create a new reuseIdentifier, one for the custom label and another for the static text