UITableView - insert new row by tapping on existing cell

Question

I use UITableView with prototype cells and would like the top most cell to be an "adder" cell: when user taps on that cell, the segue is being performed. As the UITableView is being dynamically generated (except the top one) and cells are being reused, I have two question:

1 - is it possible to make one static cell while all the others will remain prototype cells?

2 - If not, how to implement this solution? I think, it has to be implemented in

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

but I have no idea, is this method right place to do it. Am I correct, to implement this custom cell, I need to check, whether indexPath.row = 0 and substitute the needed cell with custom, while programmatically shifting all the cells one row down?

Answer 1

Yiu can do on the Tap of Your cell, you can create two different cell, one your prototype cell and one for your details

in your

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (indexPath.row == 0) {
        AdderCell *cell = (AdderCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"AdderCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
     } else {
       CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CustomCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
     }
}

on tap of your Adder cell in

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (indexPath.row == 0) {
                // add data to your row array and reload the tableRow
             } else {
               // do your tap action
             }
     }