Text box not added to all UITableViewCells - iphone

Question

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
// Configure the cell...
if(indexPath.row < 8)
{
CGRect textRect = CGRectMake(10, 10, 300, 31);
UITextField *myfield = [[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:textRect];
myfield.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
myfield.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:22.0];
myfield.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
myfield.minimumFontSize = 2.0;
myfield.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
myfield.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
myfield.autocorrectionType= UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
myfield.autocapitalizationType=UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
myfield.returnKeyType=UIReturnKeyDone;
[self. addSubview:myfield];
}
return cell;
}
I wrote the above code for displaying textboxes in UITableViewCell (up to eight cells ) but the text box is displaying in the first cell only is there anything wrong in the above code?

Answer 1

The problem is this line:
[self.addSubview:myfield];
Change this to:
[cell.contentView addSubview: myfield];
[myfield release];
However, I agree with Björn Marschollek about design, so here is how this method should look:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifierWithTextBox = #"CellWithTextBox";
static NSString *CellIdentifierOther = #"CellOther";
UITableViewCell *cell;
if(indexPath.row < 8)
{
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifierWithTextBox];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifierWithTextBox] autorelease];
CGRect textRect = CGRectMake(10, 10, 300, 31);
UITextField *myfield = [[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:textRect];
myfield.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
myfield.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:22.0];
myfield.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
myfield.minimumFontSize = 2.0;
myfield.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
myfield.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
myfield.autocorrectionType= UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
myfield.autocapitalizationType=UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
myfield.returnKeyType=UIReturnKeyDone;
[cell.contentView addSubview: myfield];
[myfield release];
}
}
else
{
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifierOther];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifierOther] autorelease];
}
}
return cell;
}