I've got some UITableViewCells that need to change their height depending on the length of the strings inside. I'm calculating the necessary height inside tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:, and then storing it in a variable (self.specialRowHeight). Then I've got:

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (indexPath.section == SPECIAL_SECTION) {
        return self.specialRowHeight;
    }
    else {
        return 44;
    }
}

Except that seems to be getting called before the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: bit, so it's always zero.

Is there a way around this, or perhaps a different way to do it?

Thanks!