You should design your cell as you need it. Add labels and whatever you need to the cell, and then change the content of these already available subviews. If you need to display an image, add once an UIImageView to the cell and only change the image property of it.
Same for text fields and so on.
You are right that the problem is caused by how you return cells. The correct pattern is as follows...
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