Usage with Xib about functionaltabledata

[dfairaizl]

Ah yep that did the trick - it all makes sense now :-) Any interest in having this documented somewhere? I know its technically out of scope of this project but I imagine this is a common thing.

[raulriera]

Hey Dan,

A HostCell's view is at the end of a the a UIView itself, you could create a UIView that loads the xib file containing your code into it

Hope that helps, if not let us know

[dfairaizl]

Hi Raul,

Thanks for getting back to me so fast. I can get it working with something like the following but that still has some issues.

let section = TableSection(key: "section-1", rows: [
    DetailCellType(key: "row-1", state: item) { (view, state) in
        let cell: ItemListingDetails = .fromNib()
        view.addSubview(cell)
        
       // constraint stuff
        
        cell.configure(with: state)
    }
] as [CellConfigType])

tableData.renderAndDiff([section])

This is naive but it immediately causes problems like needing to not re-add the nib loaded view to the cell view when the state changes etc.

If you know of another direction please let me know!

[raulriera]

Hi,

I was thinking something more in the line of

class ContainerView: UIView {
  init() {
     .. load your nib and add it as a subView
  }
}

And then use the ContainerView in your HostCells. You are correct about the problem in the previous message, the cellUpdater { (view, state) in is only meant for changing the properties using the state, not to add or remove anything from the view itself :)