How to change Custom Cell's UILabel Text?

Question

I have a table view with a custom protoype cell and the cell has 3 different labels on it. How do I get access to these labels? I need to change their texts. I've searched around everywhere and haven't found something that helps me in this case. I have the below code:

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

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"basicCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

    //change cell's 3 labels' text here

    return cell;


}

How can I access the above cell's 3 different labels that it has?

Answer 1

You need to make a class that is a subclass of UITableViewCell , and set the custom cell's class to the class you made. Then you want to link the labels using IBOutlet s in the cell to the subclass you made.

Finally, in -tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: , you should cast the cell to your new subclass so you get access to those IBOutlet s. Assuming your outlets are named someLabelOutlet1 , someLabelOutlet2 , and someLabelOutlet3 , do the following after you finished subclassing .

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

    SomeTableViewCellSubclass *cell = (SomeTableViewCellSubclass *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"basicCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

    cell.someLabelOutlet1.text = @"sometext"
    cell.someLabelOutlet2.text = @"sometext"
    cell.someLabelOutlet3.text = @"sometext"

    return cell;
}

Answer 2

In cellForRowAtIndexPath , you can access these labels

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
    CustomCell *cell =[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CustomCell"];
    if (!cell) {
    [tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"CustomCell" bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:@"CustomCell"];
    cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CustomCell"];
    // set common properties here
    cell.lbl1.textColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
    cell.lbl1.backgroundColor=[UIColor redColor];
    cell.lbl1.font=[UIFont fontWithName:@"Verdana" size:16.0];
    }
    cell.lbl1.text=@"lbl1Txt";
    cell.lbl2.text=@"lbl2Txt";
    cell.lbl3.text=@"lbl3Txt";
    return cell;
}