Question

So, I have a custom cell class and in the implementation I have this code:

- (void)layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];

    CGRect contentRect = self.contentView.bounds;
    CGFloat boundsX = contentRect.origin.x;
    CGRect frame;

    frame = CGRectMake(boundsX+10,10, 50, 50);
    picture.frame = frame;

    frame = CGRectMake(boundsX+75 ,0, 170, 50);
    nameLabel.frame = frame;

    frame = CGRectMake(boundsX+75 ,43, 225, 23);
    costLabel.frame = frame;

    frame = CGRectMake(boundsX+280, 30, 8, 13);
    arrow.frame = frame;
}

Now let’s see how this layout works at the picture below:

I am satisfied with the result, but I also want to change costLabel position in the cell according to the nameLabel. If there are two lines of text in the nameLabel, I don’t want to change the costLabel position, however if there are just one line of text in the nameLabel, I want to move costLabel upper, so I can rid off the space and make costLabel closer to nameLabel.

I tried this in the cellForRowAtIndexPath:

CGRect frame = cell.costLabel.frame;
frame.origin.y = frame.origin.y-10; // new y coordinate
cell.costLabel.frame = frame;

But it didn’t work.

Any solutions or ideas, how can I change CGRect coordinates (y origin) ?

Answer 1

layoutSubviews is going to be called when it wants to draw your cell. Make your frame changes in layoutSubviews (i.e.

if (thereIsOnlyOneLineInThisCell) {
  frame = CGRectMake(boundsX+75 ,43 -10, 225, 23);
} else {
   frame = CGRectMake(boundsX+75 ,43, 225, 23);
}

   costLabel.frame = frame;