How do I dynamically resize a static UITableViewCell?

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I am using a UITableView with static content. The view controller does not implement anything from the delegate or datasource protocols (because the sections and cells are all defined in the storyboard), just inserts the text content using the UILabels wired as IBOutlets.

But now I want to set the height of one particular cell dynamically. How can I do this?

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 26 '12 at 08:53

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Here is an example:

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (indexPath.row==0) {
        return 70;
    }else {
        // return height from the storyboard
        return [super tableView:tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    }
}

edited Nov 26 '12 at 08:53

Thilo

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '12 at 08:30

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If you need to define the height of the cell at runtime, you must implement the tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: method of the UITableViewDelegate. It's a bit of a pain, but it's the only way you'll be able to programatically calculate the height of the cell and return it to the table when the table need to display it.

answered Nov 26 '12 at 08:30

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It's not that much of a pain, because I can call super for all the other cells that work fine with the storyboard. – Thilo Nov 26 '12 at 08:51

How do I dynamically resize a static UITableViewCell?

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