ios - UITableView Mix of Static and Dynamic Cells?

Question

I know you cannot mix Static and Dynamic cell types in a single UITableView but I couldn't think of a better way to describe my issue.

I have several predetermined cells with fixed content, I also have an unknown number of cells with dynamic content which sits in the middle. So I want to my table to look something like this:

Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Dynamic
Dynamic
Dynamic
Dynamic
Dynamic
Fixed
Fixed

So how exactly do you recommend I approach this in my cellForRowAtIndexPath method?

Thanks.

Answer 1

After struggled for 1 day, found best solution

Updated for Swift 4

for the case of the question:

1. Set sections of the tableView to 3

2. Add a empty tableview cell in the second section which you want to apply the dynamic cells, change identifier of the cell as WiFiTableViewCell

3. create a new XIB file called WiFiTableViewCell

4. register the Nib in the function ViewDidLoad in tableViewController

   tableView.register(UINib(nibName: "WiFiTableViewCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: "WiFiTableViewCell")
   

5. add the following code to use both dynamic and static cell

   override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int 
   {
       return 3
   }
   override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
       if section == 1 {
           return self.dataSource.count
           //the datasource of the dynamic section
       }
       return super.tableView(tableView, numberOfRowsInSection: section)
    }
   
   override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
       if indexPath.section == 1 {
           let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "WiFiTableViewCell") as! WiFiTableViewCell
           return cell
       }
       return super.tableView(tableView, cellForRowAt: indexPath)
   }
   
    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, indentationLevelForRowAt indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> Int {
        if indexPath.section == 1 {
            let newIndexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: indexPath.section)
            return super.tableView(tableView, indentationLevelForRowAt: newIndexPath)
        }
        return super.tableView(tableView, indentationLevelForRowAt: indexPath)
    }
   
    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
        if indexPath.section == 1 {
            return 44
        }
        return super.tableView(tableView, heightForRowAt: indexPath)
     }