Question

I’m toggling between different cell backgrounds (white and lightgray) and font properties (bold and normal) with the following code after cell creation or reuse:

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

 UIView* cellBackgroundView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] autorelease];
 UIFont *font;
 if ([[userModel suspended] boolValue]) {
   [cellBackgroundView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor lightGrayColor]];
   font = [UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:[[[cell textLabel] font] pointSize]];

 } else {
   [cellBackgroundView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
   font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[[[cell textLabel] font] pointSize]];
 }
 [cell setBackgroundView:cellBackgroundView];  
 [[cell textLabel] setFont:font];

 [[cell textLabel] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
 [[cell detailTextLabel] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
 [[cell textLabel] setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@", 
                            [userModel familyName], [userModel givenName]]];
 [[cell detailTextLabel] setText:[userModel userName]];

return cell;
}

The problem is that if a cell that needs to be lightgray and italic is on the first set of cells displayed after loading, its background appears lightgray (correctly) but its font is normal (wrong).

If I scroll down and have the cell redisplayed, then it displays as expected.

Thanks,
Jorge

Answer 1

In the line

font = [UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:[[[cell textLabel] font] pointSize]]

you are assuming that the cell textLabel already exists and has a correct font. I would NSLog the font just before that call. Also why not just specify the fontsize here:
font = [UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:12.0]