setting UILabel.text of a custom UITableViewCell inside ViewController - iphone

Question

I have a UITableView that I am populating with custom UITableViewCell in interface builder. I am having some issues accessing these custom tableviewcells properties and am hoping for some help.
In Interface Builder I am setting the custom tableviewcell's class to the current View controller (so I can assign all of the label objects to the correct labels in Interface Builder), So I have also set up the IBOutlet labels to the correct labels in Interface Builder However this error occurs when I try to pass the NSString from the array object variable (which is of type NSString) to the UIlabel's text.
Property 'cellDescription' not found on object of type 'UITableViewCell *'
Below is the code I have used to set up my tableview with the custom tableviewcell and then try to populate the cells UILabels with the correct text..
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (indexPath.section == 0) {
// Set cell height
[self tableView:tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
// Configure the cell using custom cell
[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"AutomotiveSearchCell" owner:self options:nil];
cell = autoSearchCell;
//call dataArrayOfObject that has all of the values you have to apply to the custom tableviewcell
SearchResultItem* myObj = (SearchResultItem*)[dataArrayOfObjects objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.cellDescription.text = myObj.seriesDescription; // This is where I am receiving the error
NSLog(#"%#", myObj.seriesDescription); // This logs the correct value
//Disclosure Indicator
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
}
return cell;
}

Answer 1

you must typeCasting UITableViewCell To AutomotiveSearchCell
I think you code somewhere is strange(There is no declaration for autoSearchCell), but you must do the following.
cell = (AutomotiveSerachCell* )autoSearchCell;
The above code does not work, should following code.
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
convert to
AutomotiveSearchCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
If that does not work above, refer a following process.
make a CustomCell Class.
make a CustomCell xib.
linked label to CustomCell Class.
import header #import "AutomotiveSearchCell.h" and following code copy and paste.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
AutomotiveSearchCell *cell = nil;
if(!cell)
{
UINib *nib = [UINib nibWithNibName:#"AutomotiveSearchCell" bundle:nil];
NSArray *arr = [nib instantiateWithOwner:nil options:nil];
cell = [arr objectAtIndex:0];
cell.cellDescription.text = #"Test~!~!~!";
}
// Configure the cell...
return cell;
}