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POHow to use custom UITableViewCell from Interface Builder?
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copied!<p>I want to be able to design my own UITableViewCell in IB. But I keep getting a null ref exception when trying to access the label I defined in IB.</p> <p>Here's what I'm doing:</p> <p><strong>In Interface Builder:</strong></p> <ul> <li>I removed the "View" and added a UITableViewCell instead.</li> <li>Changed the class of the UITableViewCell to "<code>TestCellView</code>".</li> <li>Added a UILabel to the cell.</li> <li>Added an outlet "<code>oLblText</code>" to <code>TestCellView</code> and connected the UILabel to it.</li> <li>Changed the identifier of the class to "TestCellView".</li> </ul> <p><strong>Implement TestCellView.xib.cs</strong> </p> <pre class="lang-cs prettyprint-override"><code>public partial class TestCellView : UITableViewCell { public TestCellView(string sKey) : base(UITableViewCellStyle.Default, sKey) { } public TestCellView(IntPtr oHandle) : base(oHandle) { } public string TestText { get { return this.oLblText.Text; } set { // HERE I get the null ref exception! this.oLblText.Text = value; } } } </code></pre> <p>** The TestCellView.designer.cs**</p> <pre class="lang-cs prettyprint-override"><code>[MonoTouch.Foundation.Register("TestCellView")] public partial class TestCellView { private MonoTouch.UIKit.UILabel __mt_oLblText; #pragma warning disable 0169 [MonoTouch.Foundation.Connect("oLblText")] private MonoTouch.UIKit.UILabel oLblText { get { this.__mt_oLblText = ((MonoTouch.UIKit.UILabel)(this.GetNativeField("oLblText"))); return this.__mt_oLblText; } set { this.__mt_oLblText = value; this.SetNativeField("oLblText", value); } } } </code></pre> <p><strong>In my table's source:</strong></p> <pre class="lang-cs prettyprint-override"><code>public override UITableViewCell GetCell (UITableView tableView, NSIndexPath indexPath) { TestCellView oCell = (TestCellView)tableView.DequeueReusableCell("myCell"); if(oCell == null) { // I suppose this is wrong but how to do it correctly? // this == my UITableViewSource. NSBundle.MainBundle.LoadNib("TestCellView", this, null); oCell = new TestCellView("myCell"); } oCell.TestText = "Cell " + indexPath.Row; return oCell; } </code></pre> <p>Please note that I do NOT want a solution that involves a UIViewController for every cell. I have seen a couple of examples on the web doing this. I just think it is total overkill.</p> <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>

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