how to get a UITableView row height to auto-size to the size of the UITableViewCell?

Question

How to get a UITableView row height to auto-size to the size of the UITableViewCell?

So assuming I'm creating the UITableViewCell in Interface Builder, and it height is more than the standard size, how can I get the UITableView row height to autosize to it? (i.e. as opposed to manually having to measure the height in interface builder and than programmatically setting it)

Answer 1

http://www.cimgf.com/2009/09/23/uitableviewcell-dynamic-height/ is a great tutorial for this.

The main bit is

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
{
  // Get the text so we can measure it
  NSString *text = [items objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
  // Get a CGSize for the width and, effectively, unlimited height
  CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(CELL_CONTENT_WIDTH - (CELL_CONTENT_MARGIN * 2), 20000.0f);
  // Get the size of the text given the CGSize we just made as a constraint
  CGSize size = [text sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:FONT_SIZE] constrainedToSize:constraint lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
  // Get the height of our measurement, with a minimum of 44 (standard cell size)
  CGFloat height = MAX(size.height, 44.0f);
  // return the height, with a bit of extra padding in
  return height + (CELL_CONTENT_MARGIN * 2);
}