UITableViewCells

A UITableViewCell is a subclass of UIView, and each row in a UITableView is a UITableViewCell. (Recall that a table in iOS can only have one column, so a row only has one cell.) The UITableViewCells are subviews of the UITableView.

A cell itself has one subview – its contentView (Figure 9.12). The contentView is the superview for the content of the cell. It also can draw an accessory indicator. The accessory indicator shows an action-oriented icon, such as a checkmark, a disclosure icon, or a fancy blue dot with a chevron inside. These icons are accessed through pre-defined constants for the appearance of the accessory indicator. The default is UITableViewCellAccessoryNone, and that’s what we’ll use in this chapter. But you’ll ...

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