UITableView and custom UITableViewCell using .xib

Question

In my app I am using a custom tableViewCell using a xib file. I create the .xib file outlet the labels etc to my TableViewCell class

In my ViewController the code I used to populate and show the cell on the table view is as follows:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let transaction = statementArray[indexPath.row]
    let cell = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("StatementCell", owner: self, options: nil)?.first as! StatementCell
    
    
    
    cell.transAmount.text = String(transaction.transAmount)
    cell.transDesc.text = transaction.transDesc
    cell.transFees.text = String(transaction.transFees)
    
    return cell
}

I am aware that the way tableViews work is that they reuse the cell that goes off the screen. Is the way i am loading the .xib and populating the cell correct? Or do I have to add something to my code?

Answer 1

First you need to register your custom cell with UITableView

yourTableView.register(UINib(nibName: "StatementCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: "cellIdentifier")

then in UITableView Delegate method cellForRowAt you need to write

let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cellIdentifier", for: indexPath) as! StatementCell
cell.textLabel?.text = "Sample Project"
return cell

now you can access your UITableViewCell properties with cell.propertyName

and you must take care that "cellIdentifier" and "forCellReuseIdentifier" both value must be same.