TableViewCell subclass not getting initialized - objective-c

Question

I want to create a custom tableViewCell programmatically.
This is what I do:
Creating a tableViewCell subclass and importing it to the tableViewController
In the tableViewController m:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"StoreCell";
CustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
return cell;}
In the CustomCell m:
-(id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (self) {
NSLog(#"Hello!");
}
return self;
}
(Sorry for not getting the code highlighting thing to work)
My problem is that the CustomCell don't get initialized. The initWithStyle never gets triggered. I followed a couple of tutorials and they do the exact same thing, but successfully..

Answer 1

With iOS 6, dequeReusableCellWithIdentifier:forIndexPath: always returns a cell, so your if-case never gets called.
If a cell with that identifier is not available, it initializes it itself.
Try implementing initWithCoder: in the UITableViewCell subclass, that's what gets called in that case.

Answer 2

In cellForRowAtIndexPath try this
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"StoreCell";
CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
return cell;
}

Answer 3

I finally figured it out. The cells didn't get initialized because I was using prototypes cells in the storyboard. I set the prototypes cells to 0 and it works :)