What is the proper way of hard-coding sections in a UITableView?
- by Sheehan Alam
I have a UITableView with 3 sections that are hard coded. Everything is working fine, but I am not sure if I am doing it correctly.
Define number of rows in section:
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tblView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    NSInteger rows;
        //Bio Section
        if(section == 0){
            rows = 2;
        }
        //Profile section
        else if(section == 1){
            rows = 5;
        }
        //Count section
        else if(section == 2){
            rows = 3;
        }
    }  
    return rows;
}
Here is where I build my cells:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tblView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tblView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
    cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 5;
    cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:(10.0)];
    cell.textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
    if ([self.message_source isEqualToString:@"default"]) {
        if (indexPath.section == 0) {
            if (indexPath.row == 0) {
                cell.textLabel.text = [Utils formatMessage:[NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@", mySTUser.bio]];
                cell.detailTextLabel.text = nil;
            }
            else if(indexPath.row == 1){
                cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@", mySTUser.website];
                cell.detailTextLabel.text = nil;
                cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
            }
        }
} //more code exists, but you get the point...
Now I define my number of sections
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tblView 
{ 
     return 3;
}
Is this the proper way of hard-coding my UITableView? Will I run into any issues when cells are reused?