UItableview cell not expanding to show text

Question

I have a uitableview cell. I want it to expand and show a lot of text. I set it up with autolayout and constraints. It looks right, but when I run it only shows up to two lines. I don't understand. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you.

Here's a link to an image of the setup: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8jetMrVDK4ebaconz9PL0y3DnJUqXmPkfyhK-0Nhbc/edit?usp=sharing

i think this question has already been answered [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2063776/2557145) — Palle, Apr 17 '15 at 22:56
Is that a text view in your cell? If so, have you set it not scroll? — rdelmar, Apr 18 '15 at 03:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '15 at 03:03

From the 2014 WWDC, with iOS 8, if you

Set up autolayout constraints relative to cell.contentView
Use the estimatedRowHeight property
Dont implement -[UITableView tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath:]
Dont use the rowHeight property

then you can take advantage of self-sizing cells that will expand automatically based on their content.

Check out WWDC '14 under "What's New in Table and Collection Views." You'll only need to watch the first 25 minutes or so.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '16 at 16:21

Implement the following two TableView methods

-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView estimatedHeightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    return UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    return UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
}

Working with Self-Sizing Table View Cells Here is a useful reference.

UItableview cell not expanding to show text

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