Inside Subclassed UITableViewCell Override Func LayoutSubviews Being Called Double - swift

Question

I have a subclass of UITableViewCell that has is having override func layoutSubviews() called twice for each cell. This is creating multiple copies of elements within the cell.
The UITableView returns the proper count of cells and displays the correct number of cells but the layout function resets a handful of properties to nil. Therefore rendering a lot of the data incorrectly.
TableView Inside UIViewController:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return userMatches.count // return 2 correctly
}
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGFloat {
return self.view.bounds.height * 0.20
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell: MatchTableViewCell = self.matchTableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("matchCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! MatchTableViewCell
cell.matchDetails = userMatches[indexPath.row]
cell.userInteractionEnabled = true
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None
return cell // creates 2 correctly
}
UITableView Subclass:
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
// runs 4 times
let userHelperIconArray = [userZoom, userTakeTwo, userStopper]
let opponentHelperIconArray = [opponentZoom, opponentTakeTwo, opponentStopper]
layoutHelperInventoryIcons(self, opponentHelperIconArray: opponentHelperIconArray, userHelperIconArray: userHelperIconArray, opponentNameLabel: opponentName)
layoutMiniGameboard(self)
self.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
self.layer.borderColor = UIColor.blackColor().CGColor
print("one")
turnIdentifier(self, matchDetails: matchDetails, opponentNameLabel: opponentName)
}

Answer 1

You should 't be doing this in layoutSubviews anyway. Instead, move the configuration to a separate method, and have your table view data source call that configuration method after dequeing the cell.