Question

I need to display a list items in a tableview but with about 5 different columns similar to a spreadsheet. The last column would be a UIButton (which I know is possible).

Is it possible to achieve this type of design with the UITableView?

Answer 1

I found an easier way of doing this by following one of Apple’s samples:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableViewCellWithReuseIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier {

/*
 Create an instance of UITableViewCell and add tagged subviews for the name, local time, and quarter image of the time zone.
 */

UITableViewCell *cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identifier] autorelease];

/*
 Create labels for the text fields; set the highlight color so that when the cell is selected it changes appropriately.
*/
UILabel *label;
CGRect rect;

// Create a label for the time zone name.
rect = CGRectMake(LEFT_COLUMN_OFFSET, (ROW_HEIGHT - LABEL_HEIGHT) / 2.0, LEFT_COLUMN_WIDTH, LABEL_HEIGHT);
label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
label.tag = NAME_TAG;
label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:MAIN_FONT_SIZE];
label.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
[cell.contentView addSubview:label];
label.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[label release];

// Create a label for the time.
rect = CGRectMake(MIDDLE_COLUMN_OFFSET, (ROW_HEIGHT - LABEL_HEIGHT) / 2.0, MIDDLE_COLUMN_WIDTH, LABEL_HEIGHT);
label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
label.tag = TIME_TAG;
label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:MAIN_FONT_SIZE];
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentRight;
[cell.contentView addSubview:label];
label.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[label release];

// Create an image view for the quarter image.
rect = CGRectMake(RIGHT_COLUMN_OFFSET, (ROW_HEIGHT - IMAGE_SIDE) / 2.0, IMAGE_SIDE, IMAGE_SIDE);

UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
imageView.tag = IMAGE_TAG;
[cell.contentView addSubview:imageView];
[imageView release];    

return cell;
}