Question

I have a class called GraphView that extends UIView that basically draws a small little line chart. I need one of these graphs at the top of each section in my UITableView. So I tried by creating a separate cell at the top of one of my sections and then on that cell I did:

[cell.contentView addSubview:graphView];
[graphView release];

But when I scroll down, it’s like the graph is glitchy and it shows up in random spots along the UITableView. Anyone have ideas or insight? Is there a better way to incorporate another UIView into the top of each section in my UITableView?

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

    UITableViewCell *cell = [theTableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleValue1 reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
    cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
    cell.detailTextLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];


    NSString *str1, *str2;
    if(indexPath.section == 0) {
        if(indexPath.row == 0) {

            str1 = @"";
            str2 = @"";

            S7GraphView *graphView = [[S7GraphView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,0,310,100)];
            graphView.dataSource = self;

            NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [NSNumberFormatter new];
            [numberFormatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
            [numberFormatter setMinimumFractionDigits:0];
            [numberFormatter setMaximumFractionDigits:0];

            graphView.yValuesFormatter = numberFormatter;

            NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
            [dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle];
            [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];

            graphView.xValuesFormatter = dateFormatter;

            [dateFormatter release];        
            [numberFormatter release];

            graphView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

            graphView.drawAxisX = NO;
            graphView.drawAxisY = YES;
            graphView.drawGridX = NO;
            graphView.drawGridY = YES;

            graphView.xValuesColor = [UIColor blackColor];
            graphView.yValuesColor = [UIColor blackColor];

            graphView.gridXColor = [UIColor blackColor];
            graphView.gridYColor = [UIColor blackColor];

            graphView.drawInfo = NO;
            graphView.info = @"Load";
            graphView.infoColor = [UIColor whiteColor];


            //When you need to update the data, make this call:

            //[graphView reloadData];

            //S7GraphView *graphView = [[S7GraphView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,0,320,300)];
            //self.graphView.dataSource = self;
            [cell.contentView addSubview:graphView];
            [graphView release];
        }

Answer 1

I’ve solved using tags:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)theTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell = [theTableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleValue1 reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
    else{
      [[cell.contentView viewWithTag:500] removeFromSuperview];
    }

    ...

    graphView.tag = 500;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:graphView];

   }