Difficulty Implementing Custom UITableViewCells in Swift - Emmanuel Katto Uganda

Hello Big Nerd Ranch Community,

I am Emmanuel Katto. I’m currently working on an iOS project and trying to implement custom UITableViewCells using Swift. However, I’m running into a few challenges:

  1. Cell Reuse: Despite correctly subclassing UITableViewCell, my cells are not displaying the updated data when reusing cells. It seems like the old data persists.
  2. Auto Layout Constraints: I’m having trouble setting up Auto Layout constraints for my custom cell, as it seems to break when the cell resizes.

To provide some context, I have:

  • Registered the custom cell class properly in the viewDidLoad method.
  • Implemented cellForRowAt method, but the data doesn’t refresh correctly.

Has anyone else faced similar issues? What best practices can you share for troubleshooting these common problems?

Thank you for any advice you can provide!

Best regards,
Emmanuel Katto