Can we add tableview to cell?

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I want to customize my tableview. I want to add another tableview in cell. Can we add tableview in cell of another tableview?

Please give me some ideas.

@Pipiks I don't know to how to add tableview in cell. I try to find with other tutorials but don't have any solution. If you know so tutorial link, can you share me? I just know how to add collection view in cell of tableview — ChhengRavy, Nov 22 '17 at 07:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '17 at 08:22

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You can embed a UITableView into another UITableView's cell, but due to potential issues with the embedded UIScrollViews it is not recommended.

If you feel like you need a table in a table, first consider if it is not possible to achieve the desired behavior by using sections and cells in the sections (a section in a table might represent the top tableView's cell, and cells in the given section would represent the embedded tableView's cells).

answered Nov 22 '17 at 08:22

Milan Nosáľ

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Here is my design for my app. Please spend about 1 minute to look on it. Can you give me what view that I can use? https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y9Xgzuw5XV9aUnJDHv5TGn6uUlKPSFMh – ChhengRavy Nov 22 '17 at 08:59
I would start with `UITableView`, for topmost items I would probably use horizontal `UICollectionView`.. for the rest of the design, I would try to use section (and section headers) to create sections (Sport, Toys, etc.) and simple cells (unless those should be horizontally scrollable - then again, `UICollectionView`) – Milan Nosáľ Nov 22 '17 at 09:38
Nosal, Thank you. I will try – ChhengRavy Nov 23 '17 at 01:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '17 at 08:35

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There is no problem with adding a UITableView into a a UITableViewCell, since both of them are UIViews its simply would be translated to adding a subview to a view...

However, keep in mind to consider the following issues:

1- From a user experience perspective, that would be a vertical scroll view inside another vertical scroll view (are you ok with that?).

2- For each cell -in the main container table view-, you would need to handle the table view delegates/datasources. For understanding the logic of how this could be done, you might want to check:

Is it possible to add UITableView within a UITableViewCell.
Putting a UICollectionView in a UITableViewCell in Swift: although it is about adding a UICollectionView inside the cell, it helps to gain the logic of how to achieve such a task.

answered Nov 22 '17 at 08:35

Ahmad F

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Here is my design for my app. Please spend about 1 minute to look on it. Can you give me what view that I can use? https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y9Xgzuw5XV9aUnJDHv5TGn6uUlKPSFMh – ChhengRavy Nov 22 '17 at 09:01
@ChhengRavy for me, you should add a `UITableView`, inside their cells add a `UICollectionView` (As I mentioned, check "Putting a UICollectionView in a UITableViewCell in Swift"). – Ahmad F Nov 22 '17 at 09:05
Thank you sir. I will try to follow your advice – ChhengRavy Nov 23 '17 at 01:18

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