UITableViewCell with dynamic height iOS

Question

I have implemented TableView with CustomCell in my app,

I want dynamic height of my UITableViewCell according to text length in UITableViewCell,

here is the snapshot of Customcell

: and here is the snapshot of my UITableView : code snippet for heightForRowAtIndexPath

#define FONT_SIZE 14.0f
#define CELL_CONTENT_WIDTH 320.0f
#define CELL_CONTENT_MARGIN 10.0f

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
{
    NSString *text = [DescArr objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
    CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(CELL_CONTENT_WIDTH - (CELL_CONTENT_MARGIN * 2), 20000.0f);
    CGSize size = [text sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:FONT_SIZE] constrainedToSize:constraint lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
    CGFloat height = MAX(size.height, 100.0);
    return height; 
}

As you can see in the 2nd image, height for cell is fixed, it doesn't change with it's text (content) size.

Where am I making mistake? How can I make a a label or a cell to update its size according to its contents/text?

Answer 1

Please, Look HERE - Dynamic Table View Cell Height and Auto Layout tutorial.

What you need:

• set required constraint on elements in cell (make shure that all done correctly, if no - you can get a lot of problem). Also make shure that you set IntrinsicSize to PlaceHolder value

• add few method for calculating size of cell

Methods:

//this will calculate required height for your cell
-(CGFloat)heightForBasicCellAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
      static UIYourClassCellName *sizingCell = nil;
      //create just once per programm launching
      static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
      dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
      sizingCell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"identifierOfCell"];
});
  [self configureBasicCell:sizingCell atIndexPath:indexPath];
  return [self calculateHeightForConfiguredSizingCell:sizingCell];
}
//this method will calculate required height of cell
- (CGFloat)calculateHeightForConfiguredSizingCell:(UITableViewCell *)sizingCell {
      [sizingCell setNeedsLayout];
      [sizingCell layoutIfNeeded];
      CGSize size = [sizingCell.contentView systemLayoutSizeFittingSize:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize];
      return size.height;
}

And call

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
  return [self heightForBasicCellAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}

Configuration of cell

- (void)configureBasicCell:(RWBasicCell *)cell atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    //make some configuration for your cell
}

After all operation i got next (text inside cell only as placeholder):