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POUITableView is not using programmatic custom UITableViewCell
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copied!<p>RESOLVED: see bottom of question.</p> <p>I am using a custom UITableViewCell for my programmatically defined UITableView. The custom UITableViewCell currently has a red background and nothing else. Here is the snippet from the UIViewController’s cellForRowAtIndexPath:</p> <pre><code>- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { CCTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CELL_ID]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [self getNewCell]; } … return cell; } - (CCTableViewCell *) getNewCell { return [CCTableViewCell newCell]; } </code></pre> <p>Related code in CCTableViewCell:</p> <p>in the .h:</p> <pre><code>#define CELL_ID @"CCTVCell" </code></pre> <p>in the .m:</p> <pre><code>+ (CCTableViewCell *) newCell { CCTableViewCell * cell = [[CCTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CELL_ID]; return cell; } - (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier { self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier]; if (self) { [self initCell]; } return self; } - (CCTableViewCell *) init { self = [super init]; if (self) { [self initCell]; } return self; } - (void) initCell { [self setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]]; } </code></pre> <p>The issue is that the custom UITableViewCell is not being used (either not displaying or not being created) in the table. Instead, a standard cell is being used.</p> <p>I looked at a lot of other questions and all are solved by steps I've already implemented.</p> <p>Note: The separation of parts in this is since this will be a parent class to specific UITableViewControllers with their own implementations of CCTableViewCell. This part has the common code for inheritance.</p> <p>EDIT: CCTableViewCell code added</p> <p>EDIT++:</p> <p>This is in my UIViewController's viewDidLoad</p> <pre><code>- (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; UITableView *tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 100, 220, 300)]; tableView.delegate = self; tableView.dataSource = self; tableView.allowsMultipleSelection = NO; [tableView registerClass:[CCTableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:CELL_ID]; [tableView reloadData]; [self.view addSubview:tableView]; } </code></pre> <p>EDIT++: The TableViewController is really UIViewController with the delegate and datasource set up</p> <p>EDIT: RESOLVED: So it turns out that overwriting the willDisplayCell delegate works. See the link below for information.</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/281515/how-to-customize-the-background-color-of-a-uitableviewcell">How to customize the background color of a UITableViewCell?</a></p> <p>Essentially, cellForRowAtIndexPath seems to only do things post-creation of the table. The willDisplayCell works whenever the cell is displayed. My guess is that the project created blank cells when creating the table in viewDidLoad.</p>

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