Question

I have a custom cell loaded from my table, with an image and a label the label shows ok but the image doesn’t show

CustomCell.m

   - (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:  (NSString*)reuseIdentifier
  {
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];       
                                       if (self) {
// Initialization code
    [self initLabels];
    CGRect vintageScreenRect = CGRectMake(25, 0.0f, 100, 100);
     self.iconImage = [[UIImage alloc]init];
      UIImageView *vintageScreen = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:vintageScreenRect];
    //[vintageScreen setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"vidButtonImg.png"]];
    //    [vintageScreen setImage:self.iconImage];
    [vintageScreen setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:self.tingo]];
    vintageScreen.opaque = YES; // explicitly opaque for performance
    [self.contentView addSubview:vintageScreen];
    [vintageScreen release];
     NSLog(@"tingo ::%@", self.tingo);
    }
return self;
 }

UsingTable.m

   - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
 {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
 CustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault   reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
       cell.tingo = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"picsButtonImg.png"];
     cell.iconName.text = @"d";
} 
return cell;
   }

So the label shows ok , but the image doesn’t show, I have tried with sending an uiImage and an NSString,

what is missing? thanks!

Answer 1

self.tingo probably is nil in initWithStyle method. You are asigning self.tingo property after initWithStyle call.

That cause [UIImage imageNamed:self.tingo] is also nil, and the image simply doesn’t exist.

You can fix it for example by custom setter of tingo property, or by making vintageScreen as property and set image “from outside”.