Multiple custom cell types per table UITableView (iPhone)?

Simply, if it works for you then go for it. All of these ideas are viable solutions Personally, I'd go for them in this order : 2, 1, 4, 3. Though that's just my personal preference PS None of these ideas are going to get your app rejected by Apple.

Simply, if it works for you then go for it. All of these ideas are viable solutions. Personally, I'd go for them in this order : 2, 1, 4, 3.

Though that's just my personal preference. PS None of these ideas are going to get your app rejected by Apple.

I have found that option #2, a custom cell class with a separate XIB, is the easiest to maintain. Creating everything in the code will run faster, but when I'm developing, it takes more time/effort to get into the flow of modifying the code. In the end, ease of maintenance is more important than a minor hit in performance.

I don't see any downside to this approach. Visually it is nice having the cells in XIBs if they have any complexity in their layout. I agree with the OPs assessment that #4 smells like a hack.

– Stephen Petschulat Jul 7 at 18:33.

I don't see any drawbacks for your method 4, which is a variant of method 2 (using just one xib for all cells instead of one for each of them). I don't see any need for defining the cell programmatically, nor to bloat the xib associated to your main view controller with all the custom cells (that you could reuse elsewhere). Implementing option 2 or 4 does not entail a big difference.

With option 2 you load the nibs one by one, with option 4 you load the unique nib, then manage the array of objects (views/cells in your case) that you get.

Simply, if it works for you then go for it. All of these ideas are viable solutions.

I have found that option #2, a custom cell class with a separate XIB, is the easiest to maintain.

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