Peter Steinberger • 1/19/2017

The Case for Deprecating UITableView

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This technical article makes the case for deprecating Apple's long-standing UITableView class in iOS development. It argues that UICollectionView, introduced in iOS 6, is a superior and more flexible superset, capable of everything UITableView does and more. The author points to evidence within Apple's own code (iOS 10 internal headers) suggesting work on a UICollectionViewTableLayout, and draws parallels to past API transitions like UISearchDisplayController. The piece encourages developers to support this modernization by filing bug reports with Apple.

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