Why is detailTextLabel not visible?

Chatar Veer Suthar picture Chatar Veer Suthar · Mar 4, 2011 · Viewed 28.3k times · Source

detailTextLabel is not visible (code below). Can you tell me why?

 // Customize the appearance of table view cells.
 - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}

// Configure the cell...

NSString *cellValue = [myListArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = cellValue;

cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"Hello "; // This is not visible
cell.image = [myListArrayImages objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

return cell;
}

Answer

Opsimath picture Opsimath · Mar 11, 2011

The detailTextLabel is not displayed for cells with the UITableViewCellStyleDefault style. init the UITableViewCell with UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle instead and you should see your detailTextLabel.

cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];