MVC iOS - tableview cell

Question

I'm a bit confused with MVC pattern in Swift/Obj C .

Should I put UITableViewCell into View folder and ViewController to Controller folder?

Answer 1

Short Answer

UITableViewCell file : View

UIViewController file : Controller

Class file which contains your object data : Model

Personal Opinion

First of all. Let's take a quick look on MVC :

Model View Controller or MVC as it is popularly called is made up of the following three parts :

Model − Responsible for maintaining data.

View − Responsible for displaying the data to the user.

Controller − Software Code that controls the interactions between the Model and View.

For a while i was confused about what is the best place for UITableViewCell file ! I have asked my senior, explored blogs and the most important thing was giving my self a minute to think logically and finally i have got the answer.

So my answer is a some kind of sharing knowledge with you and the others from the future.

When you are working with a table view, you have a UITableViewCell files, UIViewController file and a class file which contains your data. Right ?

First things first, u can easily figure out that UIViewController should be in Controller folder and the class file which contains your object data should be in Model folder.

What about UITableViewCell file ?

This file contains the outlets of your cell which are responsible for displaying the data to user. Simple.

Good luck :)