Adding subview to static UITableViewCell not working

Question

I have a static UITableView . I'm trying to programmatically add a UISegmentedControl to the third cell. Here is the code:

UISegmentedControl *segment = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:@[@"First", @"Second"]];
segment.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 50, 30);

UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:2 inSection:1]];
[cell.contentView addSubview:segment];

When the code is called, the SegmentedControl isn't added.

I then tried adding a UILabel , and that doesn't work either.

I can't place it in that method because I'm adding the SegmentedControl when a button is selected

Answer 1

When you have static tableView , you can connect outlets to its cells directly and manipulate like simple subviews. So just connect outlet and use your code to add subviews. It will work

UPDATE

Add subviews using the following code:

[cell addSubview:segment];

Answer 2

Move your code into

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

}

then just reference the cell being passed by the method