Question

In iOS apps, we have to register nib files with our table view before we can use UITableView#dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier.

Example:

static NSString *myReuseIdentifier = @"MyReuseIdentifier";
UINib *cellNib = [UINib nibWithNibName:myReuseIdentifier bundle:nil];
[self.tableView registerNib:cellNib forCellReuseIdentifier:myReuseIdentifier];

Is there a way to check if a Nib has already been registered with a UITableView?

I have a custom cell that I use in various tables across several controllers in my app. I’d like to move some of the code to a macro. Something like

-(CustomCell *)customCell:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    static NSString *reuseIdentifier = @"MyReuseIdentifier";
    if (![table hasAlreadyRegisteredNib:reuseIdentifier]){
       UINib *cellNib = [UINib nibWithNibName:reuseIdentifier bundle:nil];
       [self.tableView registerNib:cellNib forCellReuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];     
    }
    CustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    return cell;
}

Answer 1

I am not sure if it that what you intend, but

-dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:

returns nil if the cell is not ready to reuse. Otherwise, it returns the cell, so you can simply try.