Fill UITableView Cell Labels manually - swift

Question

I'm trying to fill up a UITableView's cell's labels.
My problem is that it's just filling up the first cell.
This is what I got so far (three Cells should be filled, but only the first is)
import UIKit
class StatsViewController: UITableViewController {
var vc = ViewController()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
// tableView.reloadData()
//tableView.delegate = self
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 5
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) //ACHTUNG: "ListItem" ist der Name meiner Zelle
let cell2 = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell2", for: indexPath)
let cell3 = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell3", for: indexPath)
let cell4 = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell4", for: indexPath)
let cell5 = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell5", for: indexPath)
if let label = cell.viewWithTag(1000) as? UILabel {
if indexPath.row == 0{
label.text = "*** Quittung ***"
//label.font = UIFont(name: label.font.fontName, size: 20)
}
}
if let label2 = cell2.viewWithTag(1001) as? UILabel {
if indexPath.row == 1{
label2.text = "------------------"
}
}
if let label3 = cell3.viewWithTag(1002) as? UILabel {
if indexPath.row == 2{
label3.text = "*SAEULENNR. 2 " + String( vc.preisProLiter) + "EUR/Liter*"
}
}
return cell
}
}
As you can see: I want to fill 5 Cells manually.
Whereas the first cell has idenifier "cell" and the first cell's label has Tag = 1000.
The second cell has idenifier "cell2" and the second cell's label has Tag = 1001.
And so on..
This is a screenshot of how it looks right now:
Screenshot
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

If you assign the same indexPath to a bunch of cells, iOS will override all cells and bind the given identifier to the cell, then populates it.
Do like so
if indexPath.row == 0 {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
//.
//.
//.
return cell
} else if indexPath.row == 1 {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell2", for: indexPath)
//.
//.
//.
return cell
} else if others
//.
//.
//.
//.
} else {
return UItableViewCell()
}
Plus, you can optimize it a little by casting the cells to its type
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! TheTypeOfTheCell
cell.yourLabel.text = "*** Quittung ***"
//.
//.
//.
return cell