- Declare the cell at the start of the method,
- assign a value to the cell depending on section and row number,
- throw a
fatalError()in all cases that “should not occur”, - return the cell.
Also note that the break statements are not needed. The default
behavior in Swift is not to fall through to the next case.
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell: SettingsCell
switch(indexPath.section) {
case 0:
switch (indexPath.row) {
case 0:
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell0", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
case 1:
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell1", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
default:
fatalError("Unexpected row \(indexPath.row) in section \(indexPath.section)")
}
case 1:
switch (indexPath.row) {
case 0:
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell10", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
case 1:
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell11", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
default:
fatalError("Unexpected row \(indexPath.row) in section \(indexPath.section)")
}
default:
fatalError("Unexpected section \(indexPath.section)")
}
return cell
}
The fatalError() error function is marked as @noreturn, so the
compiler knows that program execution will not continue from the
default cases. (This also helps to find logic errors in the program.)
The compiler verifies that a value is assigned to cell in all
other cases.
The possibility to initialize a constant (let cell ...) in this
way is new in Swift 1.2.
Alternatively, you can create a cell and return it “immediately”
in each case:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
switch(indexPath.section) {
case 0:
switch (indexPath.row) {
case 0:
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell0", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
return cell
case 1:
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell1", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
return cell
default:
fatalError("Unexpected row \(indexPath.row) in section \(indexPath.section)")
}
case 1:
switch (indexPath.row) {
case 0:
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell10", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
return cell
case 1:
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell11", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SettingsCell
cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
return cell
default:
fatalError("Unexpected row \(indexPath.row) in section \(indexPath.section)")
}
default:
fatalError("Unexpected section \(indexPath.section)")
}
}
Again, calling fatalError() solves the “missing return expected” compiler
error.
This pattern can be useful if there are different kinds of cells
(with different classes) created in each case.