I am puzzled at the following line "static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"MyIdentifier";" in the method: cellForRowAtIndexPath
What does that line do? Is it just creating a random pointer to an NSString object and assigning it the string? Why is it being called MyIdentifier, I have seen this in many examples.
#import "AddToFavorites.h"
@implementation AddToFavorites
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style {
if (self = [super initWithStyle:style]) {
}
return self;
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 5;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"MyIdentifier";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView
dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero
reuseIdentifier:MyIdentifier] autorelease];
}
// Configure the cell
return cell;
}
@end
Here is another example, this one has a different string, CellIdentifier.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"TimeZoneCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView
dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [self tableviewCellWithReuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
[self configureCell:cell forIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;
}