UITableViewCell indentation works only for default cell textLabel

Question

I have got custom UITableViewCell and not able set indentation in cellForRow: atIndexPath:.

cell.indentationWidth = 10.0
cell.indentationLevel = indexTuples.count //Dynamic

However, this works if iOS provided default cell label :

cell.textLabel?.text = "TEST"

Is there any restriction? How can I solve this ?

Note: I have to use Autolayout.

UPDATE:

As per comments, I referred here, I gave a try with below code which doesn't seems to be helpful.

override func layoutSubviews() {
    super.layoutSubviews()
    self.contentView.layoutMargins.left = CGFloat(self.indentationLevel) * self.indentationWidth
    self.contentView.layoutIfNeeded()
}

Possible duplicate of [indentationLevelForRowAtIndexPath not indenting custom cell](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2502822/indentationlevelforrowatindexpath-not-indenting-custom-cell) — Sandeep Bhandari, Nov 16 '17 at 07:51
@Sandeep Bhandari Thanks for sharing link. However overriding layoutSubviews of cell doesn't helped me. But a simple autolayout trick solved my problem. ;-) — byJeevan, Nov 16 '17 at 09:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '17 at 09:29

In short : With the help of Autolayout leading constraint, I am able to solve this problem.

First I created a UIView say containerView inside cell contentView & moved all the elements of cell contentView into containerView. Later I made IBOutlet of "constainerView leading constraint".

Then in the cellForRow: atIndexPath table view delegate updated its constant as :

cell.indentViewLeading.constant = 5 + CGFloat(10 * indexTuples.count - 1)  //indexTuples.count gives dynamic values
cell.indentationWidth = 10.0
cell.indentationLevel = indexTuples.count

In my UITableViewCell subclass :

@IBOutlet weak var indentViewLeading: NSLayoutConstraint!

Why do you still need cell.indentationWidth =10.0 and cell.indentationLevel = indexTuples.count? Isn't adjusting your leading constraint enough? If apple enables indentation for your custom cell indentation is going to double..... — Philip De Vries, May 20 '19 at 13:22

UITableViewCell indentation works only for default cell textLabel

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