A UIKit.UITableViewCell represents a single cell (row) in a UIKit.UITableView. UIKit.UITableViewCells are typically allocated in the UITableViewSource.GetCell method of UIKit.UITableViewSource if UITableView.DequeueReusableCell returns null. (See discussion at UIKit.UITableView or UITableViewSource.GetCell).

There are four predefined UIKit.UITableViewCell styles, which can be created by using the UITableViewCell(UITableViewCellStyle, NSString) constructor. These predefined styles appear as follows:

All of the predefined styles have UITableViewCell.TextLabel and UITableViewCell.DetailTextLabel properties of type UIKit.UILabel and all but UITableViewCellStyle.Value2 have a UITableViewCell.Image of type UIKit.UIImage. Assignment to the UITableViewCell.Image property of a cell initialized with the UITableViewCellStyle.Value2 style will result in a runtime exception.

A UIKit.UITableViewCell may combine its UITableViewCell.ContentView with a UIKit.UIView assigned to its UITableViewCell.AccessoryView property. Accessory views are often used with standard UIKit.UITableViewCellAccessorys, such as a checkmark or disclosure indicator. When being edited, a UIKit.UITableViewCell will combine its UITableViewCell.ContentView with an editing control on the left and, optionally, a reordering control on the right.

In a non-selected cell, the UITableViewCell.BackgroundView is displayed, while a selected cell will show its UITableViewCell.SelectedBackgroundView view.

To customize UIKit.UITableViewCells, application developers can either customize the views used by one of the predefined styles or can subclass UIKit.UITableViewCell. (In addition, application developers will often override UITableViewSource.GetHeightForRow.)

Starting with iOS 8, table view cells can be auto-sized, and no longer require the UITableViewSource.GetHeightForRow(UITableView, Foundation.NSIndexPath) to be implemented to size cells. To do this, the cell constructor should set the UITableViewCell.ContentView constraints.