How to load xib file for cell in tableview in iphone

I saw there are lots of resources available on net regarding this question. I have to load a different XIB (UIViewContoller) file for my cell. I have designed my cell looks there and I want to load that design in my cell.

I wrote this code but I am getting an exception.

-[UIView setTableViewStyle:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x6040de0
2011-07-11 14:42:27.461 TableViewTest[2776:207] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIView setTableViewStyle:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x6040de0'

And here is my code of loading nib file

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
 if (cell == nil) {
    // Load the to开发者_如何学编程p-level objects from the custom cell XIB.
    NSArray *topLevelObjects = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"loadXibfile" owner:self options:nil];
    // Grab a pointer to the first object (presumably the custom cell, as that's all the XIB should contain).
    cell = [topLevelObjects objectAtIndex:0];
}


return cell;

You should use UITableViewCell and not UIView in your XIB file.

Here is the solution and it is useful for me and home for you or some else may be.

 cell = [[[YourCustomcell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:@"cell"] autorelease];
        NSArray *toplavelobject=[[NSBundle mainBundle]loadNibNamed:@"YourCustomcell" owner:self options:nil];
        for(id c in toplavelobject)
        {
            if ([c isKindOfClass:[UITableViewCell class]])
            {
                cell=(YourCustomcell *) c;
                break;
            }
        }

Though not a direct answer to your issue, I recommend you make use of this UITableViewCellFactory class, it's very convenient:

http://blog.carbonfive.com/2009/07/16/loading-uitableviewcells-from-a-nib-file/

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

    NSString *CellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Cell%d",indexPath.row];
    LatestNewsCell  *cell = (LatestNewsCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

    if (cell == nil) {

        cell = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"LatestNewsCell" owner:self options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];
    }
 }

This is what I did. Again some of the technique is quite awkward and I need improvement.

First I created a new subclass of UITableViewCell. The problem is I do not get an option to check "include" xib. It's as if xib is meant only for UIViewcontroller. I suppose you can create a subclass of UIViewController with XIB and then crate another subclass of UITableViewCell and move the template to your subclass of UIViewController.

Works.

Then I put these function:

@implementation BGCRBusinessForDisplay2

- (NSString *) reuseIdentifier {
    return [[self class] reuseIdentifier];
};
+ (NSString *) reuseIdentifier {
    return NSStringFromClass([self class]);
};

To initialize I do:

- (BGCRBusinessForDisplay2 *) initWithBiz: (Business *) biz
{
    if (self.biz == nil) //First time set up
    {
        self = [super init]; //If use dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier then I shouldn't change the address self points to right
        NSString * className = NSStringFromClass([self class]);
        PO (className);
        [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:className owner:self options:nil];
        [self addSubview:self.view]; //What is this for? self.view is of type BGCRBusinessForDisplay2. That view should be self, not one of it's subview Things don't work without it though
    }
    if (biz==nil)
    {
        return self; //Useful if we only want to know the height of the cell
    }

    self.biz = biz;
    self.Title.text = biz.Title; //Let's set this one thing first
    self.Address.text=biz.ShortenedAddress;

The [self addSubview:self.view]; is kind of awkward. It's what other says I should do and it won't work without it. Actually I want self.view to be self, rather than a subView of self. But hei.... Don't know how to do it otherwise. ...

Then I implement this for cellForRowAtIndexPath

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

    //[FetchClass singleton].FetchController
    if([BGMDCRFetchClass singleton].FetchController.fetchedObjects.count!=0){

        BGCRBusinessForDisplay2 *cell = (BGCRBusinessForDisplay2*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:[BGCRBusinessForDisplay2 reuseIdentifier]];

        if (cell == nil)
        {
            cell =[BGCRBusinessForDisplay2 alloc];
        }
        else{
            while (false);
        }

        Business * theBiz=[[BGMDCRFetchClass singleton].FetchController objectAtIndexPath:indexPath];
        cell = [cell initWithBiz:theBiz];

        return cell;
        //return theBiz.CustomCell;
    }else{
        UITableViewCell * tvc=[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"tvc"];
        return tvc;
    }
}

Notice that I separate alloc from init. That's kind of awkward. That is why in my - (BGCRBusinessForDisplay2 *) initWithBiz: (Business *) biz if a cell has been initialized before, I simply don't do the upper part of the init. I simply assign values of Business * to the various outlet in the BGCRBusinessForDisplay2.

I someone can improve my answers they are welcome. So far it works.