single cell height in UITableView Xcode 5

Question

Sorry i know this question has been asked before but i can't seem to get it to work, i would like to change the height of the first cell in my UITableView and keep the rest as default 44. I have implemented the below code (tried various others) and my application builds but the cell height does not change. Any help on this would be great.

 -(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView estimatedHeightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    if (indexPath.row == 0) {
        return 150;
    }
    else {
        return 44;
    }
}

try - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath — Nikita Shytyk, Aug 28 '14 at 08:25
possible duplicate of [Change Height of a UITableViewCell](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8543846/change-height-of-a-uitableviewcell) — Yucel Bayram, Aug 28 '14 at 08:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '14 at 08:25

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estimatedHeightForRowAtIndexPath

is used to calculate the position / size of the scroll bar on the side when using autoLayout, not the cell height. You need:

heightForRowAtIndexPath

answered Aug 28 '14 at 08:25

Simon McLoughlin

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '14 at 08:27

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How did this code work out for you?

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
     if (indexPath.row == 0) 
          return 150;
      else
          return 44;
}

answered Aug 28 '14 at 08:27

Ajith Renjala

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it didn't do anything to the cell.. I'm not sure if in storyboard maybe there is a setting that fixes the height? – burrGGG Aug 28 '14 at 08:37
Sorted, i didn't need 'estimated' in front of height. – burrGGG Aug 28 '14 at 08:39
@burrGGG i've explained the difference between the 2 in my answer – Simon McLoughlin Aug 28 '14 at 08:50
@burrGGG Adding the documentation comments for 'estimated' thing, // Use the estimatedHeight methods to quickly calcuate guessed values which will allow for fast load times of the table. // If these methods are implemented, the above -tableView:heightForXXX calls will be deferred until views are ready to be displayed, so more expensive logic can be placed there. – Ajith Renjala Aug 28 '14 at 08:54

single cell height in UITableView Xcode 5

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