ios - How to reloadCells correctly -

i have navigation menu in uitableview.

my cells loaded following:

- (uitableviewcell *)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview cellforrowatindexpath:(nsindexpath *)indexpath {     static nsstring *cellidentifier = @"cell";      uitableviewcell *cell = (uitableviewcell *)[tableview dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier:cellidentifier];     if (cell == nil) {         cell = [[uitableviewcell alloc] initwithstyle:uitableviewcellstyledefault reuseidentifier:cellidentifier];          uiview *topsplitterbar = [[uiview alloc] initwithframe:cgrectmake(0, 0, cell.bounds.size.width, 1)];         topsplitterbar.backgroundcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:62.0/255.0 green:69.0/255.0 blue:85.0/255.0 alpha:1];         [cell.contentview addsubview:topsplitterbar];     }      // set boolean determine if item in menu displayed vc on main stack     bool currentdisplayed = no;       cell.textlabel.backgroundcolor = [uicolor clearcolor];     cell.textlabel.textcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:196.0/255.0 green:204.0/255.0 blue:218.0/255.0 alpha:1];     cell.textlabel.font = [uifont systemfontofsize:18.0f];     cell.textlabel.shadowcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:27.0/255.0 green:31.0/255.0 blue:41.0/255.0 alpha:1];     cell.textlabel.shadowoffset = cgsizemake(0, 1);      uiview *selectedbg = [[uiview alloc] init];     selectedbg.backgroundcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:50.0/255.0 green:56.0/255.0 blue:73.0/255.0 alpha:1];     selectedbg.clipstobounds = yes;     uiview *topsplitterbar2 = [[uiview alloc] initwithframe:cgrectmake(0, 0, cell.bounds.size.width, 1)];     topsplitterbar2.backgroundcolor = [uicolor yellowcolor];     [selectedbg addsubview:topsplitterbar2];     [cell setselectedbackgroundview:selectedbg];      // configure cell...     if (indexpath.section == 0 ) {         if ([self.slidingviewcontroller.topviewcontroller iskindofclass:[mesprofileviewcontroller class]]) {             currentdisplayed = yes;         }         cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmdisplayname", @"left menu - displayname");     } else {         switch ( indexpath.row ) {             case 0: {                 if ([self.slidingviewcontroller.topviewcontroller iskindofclass:[meshomeviewcontroller class]]) {                     currentdisplayed = yes;                 }                  cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmgames", @"left menu - games");                 break ;             }             case 1: {                 cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmshare", @"left menu - share");                 break ;             }             case 2: {                 cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmrate", @"left menu - rate");                 break ;             }             case 3: {                 if ([self.slidingviewcontroller.topviewcontroller iskindofclass:[messettingsviewcontroller class]]) {                     currentdisplayed = yes;                 }                 cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmsettings", @"left menu - settings");                 break ;             }             case 4: {                 cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmhelp", @"left menu - help");                 break ;             }             case 5: {                 cell.textlabel.text = nslocalizedstring(@"lmlogout", @"left menu - log out");                 break ;             }         }     }      if (currentdisplayed) {         // current item being displayed         cell.contentview.backgroundcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:50.0/255.0 green:56.0/255.0 blue:73.0/255.0 alpha:1];         uiimage *arrowimage = [uiimage imagenamed:@"selectedarrow"];         uiimageview *arrow = [[uiimageview alloc] initwithframe:cgrectmake(240, 10, arrowimage.size.width, arrowimage.size.height)];         arrow.image = arrowimage;         [cell.contentview addsubview:arrow];     } else {         cell.contentview.backgroundcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:75.0/255.0 green:83.0/255.0 blue:102.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];         nslog(@"%@",cell.textlabel.text);         nslog(@"%@",cell.contentview.subviews);     }      return cell; } 

then within didselectcell reload set of cells (which can shown current cell) change background.

nsindexpath* displaynamerow = [nsindexpath indexpathforrow:0 insection:0]; nsindexpath* gamesrow = [nsindexpath indexpathforrow:0 insection:1]; nsindexpath* settingsrow = [nsindexpath indexpathforrow:3 insection:1]; nsarray* rowstoreload = [nsarray arraywithobjects:displaynamerow, gamesrow, settingsrow, nil]; [weakself.tableview reloadrowsatindexpaths:rowstoreload withrowanimation:uitableviewrowanimationnone]; 

what finding uiview *topsplitterbar being created again , added cell.contentview each time cell being reloaded?

i of thought reload of cell clear subviews , create scratch. how should change implementation not continue add these views. have uiimageview arrow added if current cell, same effect above have cells lot of additional views not needed.

background: side view controller (sliding in) menu table view. selected cell shows current selection displayed main top view controller.

you should change implementation of cellforrowatindexpath, doesn't add subviews again , again. have written draft implementation comments.

//here might reusable cell dequeuing subviews there, customization on subviews uitableviewcell *cell = (uitableviewcell *)[tableview dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier:cellidentifier]; if (cell == nil) {     //if haven't got reusable cell create new 1 default subview properties     cell = [[uitableviewcell alloc] initwithstyle:uitableviewcellstyledefault reuseidentifier:cellidentifier];      uiview *topsplitterbar = [[uiview alloc] initwithframe:cgrectmake(0, 0, cell.bounds.size.width, 1)];     topsplitterbar.backgroundcolor = [uicolor colorwithred:62.0/255.0 green:69.0/255.0 blue:85.0/255.0 alpha:1];     [cell.contentview addsubview:topsplitterbar]; }  //do customization afterwards, identifying cells based on indexpath ... 

this neat answer (not accepted one) regarding issue https://stackoverflow.com/a/3490460/837244 accepted answer says solution b work adding subviews repeatedly, mentioned in comments.