UITableView willDisplayCell Acting Weird, Cells borders adjusted only after reuse - objective-c

Question

I am trying to have 10 pixels gap between cells and the edge of the screen. I implemented willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath and also the heightForCell since am using two different prototype cells in my table view.
The problem am having is really weird. The cells are only adjusted when i pull the list up, am guessing only when they are reused! check the images please.![enter image description here][1]
This is the initial screen:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epl2n8a5zohhdmz/Edited.screenShot.01.png?dl=0
This is the screen after the table view is scrolled:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c81dx9wmaq0mgr5/Edited.screenShot.02.png?dl=0
Here is my code:
- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
cell.layer.borderWidth = 5.0f;
cell.layer.borderColor = [UIColor grayColor].CGColor;
cell.layer.cornerRadius = 7.0;
cell.layer.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, 260, cell.bounds.size.height - 10);
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:207/255.0 green:207/255.0 blue:207/255.0 alpha:1.0];
CGRect cellFrame = CGRectMake(20, cell.frame.origin.y, 280, cell.frame.size.height);
cell.frame = cellFrame;
cell.contentView.frame = cellFrame;
[cell.contentView alignmentRectForFrame:cellFrame];
[cell setNeedsLayout];
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if ([[self.namesList[indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"Relation"] length] == 0) {
return 69.0;
} else {
return 89.0;
}
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSMutableString *details = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
UITableViewCell *cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] init];
UILabel *nameLabel;
UILabel *relationLabel;
UILabel *ageLabel;
UILabel *dayLabel;
UILabel *dateLabel;
Helper *dateConvert = [[Helper alloc] init];
if ([[self.namesList[indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"Relation"] length] == 0) {
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Cell2" forIndexPath:indexPath];
} else {
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"Cell3" forIndexPath:indexPath];
relationLabel = (UILabel *) [cell viewWithTag:2];
relationLabel.text = [self.namesList[indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"Relation"];
}
nameLabel = (UILabel *) [cell viewWithTag:1];
ageLabel = (UILabel *) [cell viewWithTag:3];
dayLabel = (UILabel *) [cell viewWithTag:4];
dateLabel = (UILabel *) [cell viewWithTag:5];
[details appendString:[self.namesList[indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"Age"]];
[details appendString:#")"];
ageLabel.text = details;
dayLabel.text = [dateConvert getWeekDay:[self.namesList[indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"Date"]];
dateLabel.text = [self.namesList[indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"Date"];
return cell;
}
I have spent days trying to find the problem :( every help is greatly appreciated :)

Answer 1

Why not make your life easier and design the cell in Interface Builder to have the 10 px space already. You can add a UIView, make that 10 px from top, left, right and bottom, then put you UI elements inside of that. I would suggest subclassing your UITableViewCells and have code in those to display your data and set the borders.