A common app usually use a UITableView, but sometimes when you want to set up a custom UITableViewCell the result is huge amount of unreadable code.
For this reason we propose to use this way:
CODCustomCell.xib
Configure your xib with your own design.
CODCustomCell.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h> @class CODCustomModel; @interface CODCustomCell : UITableViewCell @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *title; @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *subtitle; @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *time; @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *date; //Instance Method - (id)initWithOwner:(id)owner; - (void)configureView; - (void)setData:(CODCustomModel*)aData; //Class Method + (NSString *)reuseIdentifier; @end
CODCustomCell.m
#import "CODCustomCell.h"
#import "CODCustomModel.h"
@implementation CODCustomCell
+ (UINib*)nib
{
// singleton implementation to get a UINib object
static dispatch_once_t pred = 0;
__strong static UINib* _sharedNibObject = nil;
dispatch_once(&pred, ^{
_sharedNibObject = [UINib nibWithNibName:NSStringFromClass([self class]) bundle:nil];
});
return _sharedNibObject;
}
- (NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
return [[self class] reuseIdentifier];
}
+ (NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
// return any identifier you like, in this case the class name
return NSStringFromClass([self class]);
}
-(void)configureView{
//configure any subview
}
- (id)initWithOwner:(id)owner
{
return [[[[self class] nib] instantiateWithOwner:owner options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];
}
- (void)setData:(CODCustomModel*)aData{
self.title.text = aData.title;
self.subtitle.text = aData.subtitle;
//.. rest of ui
}
@end
and now in your table view controller:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//Lazy instantiation
CODCustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:[CODCustomCell reuseIdentifier]];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[CODCustomCell alloc] initWithOwner:self];
[cell configureView];
}
//Get the data
CODCutomModel * item = dataSource[indexPath.row];
[cell setData:item];
return cell;
}
As you see, its so clean an you will get much readable code for you and your team.
