Question

I do following in cellForRowAtIndexPath

NSString *cellIdentifier = @"Cell";
LibraryCell *cell = (LibraryCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];

if (cell != nil) {
    [cellIdentifier release];
    [self setItems:cell forRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    return cell;
}
cell = [[[LibraryCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleValue1 reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] autorelease];
[self setItems:cell forRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;

[self setItems:cell forRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]; changes only some UILabel’s value inside the corresponding cell.

So now when I edit UITableView and delete let say the first row, the UILabel’s value is no redrawn completly, i.e. the old value remains and new value is drawn overlapping the old one.
Why this happens and how to fix it ?

Answer 1

Actually I figured out ! The problem was coming from setItems:forIndextPath method.
It was creating UILabel locally and releasing it. So every time it was drawn over the last text text. Making the UILable instance variable solved the issue.

PS. The code originally was not written by me, I’m just fixing it 🙂