https://github.com/mergesort/GenericCells
Creating generic UITableViewCells and UICollectionViewCells instead of subclasses.
https://github.com/mergesort/GenericCells
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Creating generic UITableViewCells and UICollectionViewCells instead of subclasses.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mergesort/GenericCells
- Owner: mergesort
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-12-26T04:39:54.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-01-17T15:13:27.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-01T19:26:13.460Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: uicollectionview, uitableview
- Language: Swift
- Homepage:
- Size: 39.1 KB
- Stars: 82
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# GenericCells
#### Creating UITableViewCell and UICollectionViewCell subclasses is so Swift 2 point zero.
[](https://cocoapods.org/)
---
Introducing, GenericCells!… Capitalizing on Swift's generics, we can get all the benefits of a custom UITableViewCell or UICollectionViewCell class, without the hassle of a new class for each of them.
---
#### Let's show you how to use it.
Create a UIView subclass for the layout you want:
```swift
final class MyView: UIView {
let imageView: UIImageView
let titleLabel: UILabel
let subtitleLabel: UILabel
// And add more views to your heart's content
}
```
Register the cell with a UITableView **or** UICollectionView:
```swift
tableView.register(GenericTableCell.self)
```
```swift
collectionView.register(GenericCollectionCell.self)
```
Dequeue the cell with a UITableView **or** UICollectionView:
```swift
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(forIndexPath: indexPath) as GenericTableCell
```
```swift
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(forIndexPath: indexPath) as GenericCollectionCell
```
And customize it to your heart's content. The view you wish to access will be available via the `.customView` property:
```swift
cell.customView.titleLabel.text = "This library rules!"
cell.customView.imageView.image = UIImage(named: "success")
```
Extra credit, let's add recycling support. Extend your view with the `ReusableGenericView` protocol:
```swift
extension MyView: ReusableGenericView {
func prepareForReuse() {
self.titleLabel.text = ""
self.subtitleLabel.text = ""
self.imageView.image = nil
}
}
```
And it will get called when the cell is recycled.
## Installation
You can use [SPM](https://swift.org/package-manager/) to install `GenericCells`.
You can also use [CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org/) to install `GenericCells` by adding it to your `Podfile`:
```swift
platform :ios, '9.0'
use_frameworks!
pod 'GenericCells'
```
Or install it manually by downloading `GenericTableCell.swift`, `GenericCollectionCell.swift`, and `ReusableView.swift`, and dropping it in your project.
## About me
Hi, I'm [Joe](http://fabisevi.ch) everywhere on the web, but especially on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mergesort).
## License
See the [license](LICENSE) for more information about how you can use GenericCells.
## Is that it?
Yes, that's it. And if you don't like it, well sorry, here's a rainbow. 🌈