Question

I found some example code of how to implement a textfield into a cell here:
Having a UITextField in a UITableViewCell

However the textfield appears multiple times on my table in the 1st section of the table, even though i specified it to only appear when it comes up to the 2nd section of the table and the first row of that section.

Any explanations why this happens? I only want it in the 2nd section 1 st row. but it appears to think that whenever the 2nd section is coming up it will just draw the textfield in advance. Is there a way to “lock” it to a particular group and cell?

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [self CreateMultilinesCell:CellIdentifier];
}
NSLog(@"%d", [indexPath section]);
if ([indexPath section] == 1) {
    NSLog(@"TextField");

    if ([indexPath row] == 0 ) {
        UITextField *replyTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 185, 30)];
        replyTextField.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
        replyTextField.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];

        replyTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
        replyTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
        replyTextField.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
        replyTextField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo; 
        replyTextField.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
        replyTextField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
        replyTextField.tag = 0;
        replyTextField.delegate = self;

        replyTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;
        [replyTextField setEnabled: YES];

        [cell.contentView addSubview:replyTextField];

        [replyTextField release];
        cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"something";

    }
}
else {
    cell.detailTextLabel.text = [separatedString objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}

return cell;
}

createmultilinecell:

- (UITableViewCell*) CreateMultilinesCell :(NSString*)cellIdentifier
{
//NSLog(@"Entering CreateMultilinesCell");
UITableViewCell *cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle 
                                                reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] autorelease];

cell.detailTextLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
cell.detailTextLabel.font = [self SubFont];
cell.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:10.0/255 green:10.0/255 blue:33.0/255 alpha:1.0];
[cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];//]colorWithRed:.98 green:.98 blue:.99 alpha:1.0]];
[self.tableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];//colorWithRed:.94 green:.96 blue:.99 alpha:1.0]];
                                                         //NSLog(@"Exiting CreateMultilinesCell");
return cell;
}

argh i’m too low to answer my own question so i’ll just update here:

Looks like making 2 cellidentifiers work. Thanks. Just learnt something new! haha.

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
NSString *replyCellIdentifier = @"replyCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
UITextField *replyTextField;
if (cell == nil) {
    if ([indexPath section] == 0) {
        cell = [self CreateMultilinesCell:CellIdentifier];      
    }
    else if ([indexPath section] == 1) {
        NSLog(@"TextField");
        cell = [self CreateMultilinesCell:replyCellIdentifier];     
        if ([indexPath row] == 0) {
            replyTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 185, 30)];
            replyTextField.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
            replyTextField.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
            replyTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
            replyTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
            replyTextField.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
            replyTextField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo; 
            replyTextField.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
            replyTextField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
            replyTextField.tag = 0;
            replyTextField.delegate = self;

            replyTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;
            [replyTextField setEnabled: YES];

            [cell.contentView addSubview:replyTextField];

            [replyTextField release];
            cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"something";
        }           
    }
    /*else {
        cell.detailTextLabel.text = [separatedString objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    }*/
}
NSLog(@"%d", [indexPath section]);
if ([indexPath section] == 0) {
    cell.detailTextLabel.text = [separatedString objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

}
return cell;
}

thanks to everyone that contributed.

In terms of functionality i’m not so sure yet but it’s one step closer to getting where i want it to be :).

Answer 1

Try having two different cells, one with a textField and one without. Use different CellIdentifier strings for the two different types of cells. That should resolve it.