Question

I need to set different styles for cells that I have inserted compared to reloaded ones.

I am inserting my cells like the following:

[tempArray addObject:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0]];
[[self tableView] beginUpdates];
[[self tableView] insertSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:0] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationTop];
[[self tableView] insertRowsAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)tempArray withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
[[self tableView] endUpdates];

Is there a way for me to do the following:

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

    if (cell was inserted) {
      cell.mylabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
    } else {
      cell.mylabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    }

}

Answer 1

As is often the case for maintaining the state of a table view cell, the right answer is to keep the state in your model. In other words, if tempArray is your model containing a collection of objects that describe the table’s contents, add a BOOL attribute to those objects meaning something like userAdded.

Then your “cell was inserted” pseudo-code can become:

MyModelClass *modelElement = [tempArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

if (modelElement.userAdded) {
    cell.mylabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
} else {
  cell.mylabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}