How to display two types of cells in UITableView without conflicts, but with the following requirement? [closed]

Question

I have the following requirement to display data in a tableView as follows:

POST 
POST
POST
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL ...(Each row has 6 channels)
POST
POST
POST
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL .....

For clarification, see the below image:

For example, if posts count = 20 and channels count = 2

then we have to display like this:

POST
POST
POST
CHANNEL CHANNEL
POST
POST
....

Is it possible to implement this way in Objective- C using Switch statement or any other way without conflicts?

Answer 1

Easiest way is to use CollectionView inside TableView. This means that you should have UITableviewCells to represent each posts and for channels you should have a UITableViewCell with CollectionView inside. This UITableViewCell cell will implement CollectionView Delegates.

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For example, if posts count = 20 and channels count = 2

then you have to display like this:

POST - UITableViewCell
POST - UITableViewCell
POST - UITableViewCell
CHANNELS -> UITableViewCell ->
               [channel1 channel2] -> UICollectionViewCell 
POST - UITableViewCell
POST - UITableViewCell

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UITableView[
     UITableViewCell -> Post UI
     UITableViewCell -> Post UI
     UITableViewCell -> Post UI
     UITableViewCell -> CollectionView[
                                         UICollectionViewCell ->Channel1 UI
                                         UICollectionViewCell ->Channel2 UI
                                        ]
]

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You don't have to use switch case here. You need a property which is used to differentiate Posts and channels

 UITableViewCell *cell = nil;
    if (data.type ==  DATA_TYPE_POST){
        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:PostCellIdentifier];
        if(!cell){
            NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"PostCell" owner:self options:nil];
            cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
        }
    }else{
        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:ChannelCellIdentifier];
        if(!cell){
            NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"ChannelCell" owner:self options:nil];
            cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
        }
    }