How to create a UITableViewCell and dequeue programatically

Check out How to create a UITableViewCell and dequeue programatically by JR. Here is an excerpt:

If you ever need to create and dequeue a custom cell programatically (not use storyboards) do this

Code

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *cellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    [tableView...

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