How can I recycle UITableViewCell objects created from a XIB?

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Moshe picture Moshe · Feb 5, 2012 · Viewed 13.2k times · Source

I'd like to create custom UITableViewCell using an XIB, but I'm not sure how to recycle it using UITableViewController's queueing mechanism. How can I accomplish this?

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Answer

Tony Million picture Tony Million · Feb 5, 2012

If you're using iOS 5 you can use

[self.tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"nibname" 
                                           bundle:nil] 
     forCellReuseIdentifier:@"cellIdentifier"];

Then whenever you call:

cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"cellIdentifier"];

the tableview will either load the nib and give you a cell, or dequeue a cell for you!

The nib need only be a nib with a single tableviewcell defined inside of it!

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