Question

I am running into an issue using the new registerClass method for UITableView. I register my cell fine, and then when I want to make a cell I do this:

static NSString *imageIdentifier = @"image";
CustomCell *cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:imageIdentifier];

if (!cell) {
    cell = [[CustomCell alloc] initWithQuestion:self.question reuseIdentifier:imageIdentifier];
    [cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
}

This may not be the modern way to do it, but it is how I’ve done it before. The issue is that because the new registerClass method makes a new cell for you if there isn’t one in the queue, the if (!aCell) check fails, and the cell isn’t built correctly.

Am I not using this new approach to dequeueing correctly?

Answer 1

1) Set up the cell (in your case the selectionStyle) in the prepareForReuse method of your UITableViewCell subclass.

2) Set the content of the cell after the dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: call in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: delegate method.

dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: will always return a cell if you have called registerClass: with the corresponding identifier.