Question

I create custom cells within my tableview some have images and are tall some are just text. The height of the cells are calculated in heightForRowAtIndexPath, which I beleive is done before cellForRowAtIndexPath is called. I want to place an imageview at the bottom of the cell regardless of heigh, but I am not sure how to get the calculated height from within cellForRowAtIndexPath?

Answer 1

You can ask the delegate, but you’ll be asking twice since the tableView already asks and sizes the cell accordingly. It’s better to find out from the cell itself…

// in cellForRowAtIndexPath:, deque or create UITableViewCell *cell
// this makes the call to heightForRow... and sizes the cell
CGFloat cellHeight = cell.contentView.bounds.size.height;

// alter the imageView y position (assuming the rest of the frame is correct)
CGRect imageFrame = myImageView.frame;
imageFrame.y = cellHeight - imageFrame.size.height;   // place the bottom edge against the cell bottom
myImageView.frame = imageFrame;