UITableViewCells invalid context trying to draw

I am trying to draw a checkbox triangle in a UITableViewCell. In the Data Source protocol method -tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: I have added the following in the code bloc which a开发者_JAVA百科sks if the cell is nil:

    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); 
    CGContextBeginPath(context);
    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 75,10);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 10, 150);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 160, 150);
    CGContextClosePath(context);
    [[UIColor blackColor] setStroke];
    CGContextStrokePath(context);

When executing the code, I get a series of 'invalid context 0x0' messages on the following methods: CGContextBeginPath: CGContextMoveToPoint: CGContextAddLineToPoint: (twice) CGContextClosePath: CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor: CGContextDrawPath

The messages repeat for each TableViewCell row in my table.

Am I not able to draw triangles or other geometric shapes within customizedUITableViewCell objects?

UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() will not return a valid context if called outside drawRect:. You have to do your custom drawing in a view's drawRect: method. For your purpose, you should probably create a custom UIView subclass for your checkbox and add that view as a subview to the cell.