UITableViewCell's detailTextLabel not use all the available space

Question

As shown in the screenshot. Just wondering how can I ask the detailTextLabel to make use all of the available space, say, the area of the red rect. I tried to set the frame of the detailTextLabel to make the width bigger which just doesn't work.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

I'd recommend you to subclass a UITableViewCell and put all your cell customization in it. It could look similar to this code:

CustomCell.h

@interface CustomCell : UITableViewCell

- (id)initWithReuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier;

@end

CustomCell.m

#import "CustomCell.h"

@implementation CustomCell

- (id)initWithReuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self)
    {
        // Customization not related to positions and sizes of subviews. For example:
        self.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
        self.detailTextLabel.text = @"Aaaaaa…";
    }

    return self;
}

- (void)layoutSubviews
{
    [super layoutSubviews];

    // Customization related to positions and sizes of subviews. For example:
    self.detailTextLabel.frame = CGRectMake(10.0, 10.0, 240.0, 40.0);
}

@end