UITableViewCell frame height is always 44px

Question

I am setting the height of cell using heightForRowAtIndexPath: method returning 100. But in cellForRowAtIndexPath method, the cell's frame height is always 44px.

Following is my code.

- (CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    return 100;
}

- (int) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return 10;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell"];
    if (!cell) {
        cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"Cell"];
    }
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
    [cell.contentView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
    cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", indexPath.row];
    NSLog(@"%f %f", cell.frame.size.height, cell.contentView.frame.size.height);
    return  cell;
}

The NSLog statement prints "44px 44px".

I am able to get the correct height using this statement

CGFloat height = [tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

Do you have a prototype cell in Interface Builder with an id of "Cell" and a height of 44? — Mick MacCallum, Jan 24 '13 at 15:07
The default UITableViewCell is 44. Height of 100px is applied during the drawing. — Ivan Alek, Jan 24 '13 at 15:08

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '13 at 15:08

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Your Delegate Method will not be called while allocating the cell. initWithStyle allways returns cells with height of 44 unless you overwrite it in a subclass.

answered Jan 24 '13 at 15:08

Jonathan Cichon

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Ok. Thanks. will have to overwrite it in subclass then. – Dhawal Jan 24 '13 at 15:13
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@Dhawal actualy you dont really need to, the height will be set correct befor the cell is Displayed (if you have set the delegate). – Jonathan Cichon Jan 24 '13 at 15:18
i can confirm that setting the height is required in the initWithStyle method even with the correct delegate methods. – jacob bullock Oct 29 '14 at 02:38
what do u mean initWithStyle? I am giving height for row UITableViewAutomaticDimension and I see the frame is larger than 44 but in init method the size is 44 – Yestay Muratov Oct 19 '17 at 09:35

UITableViewCell frame height is always 44px

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