I've created a subclass of UITableViewCell but I'm struggling to get it to work properly. If I use UITableViewStyleDefault then the class only works when highlighted. If I use UITableViewStyleValue1 then it mostly works but I'm unable to change label fonts much. I tried researching but it seems everyone is doing this via a .xib file, but not programatically. Implementation file #import "ASCustomCellWithCount.h" @implementation ASCustomCellWithCount @synthesize primaryLabel,secondaryLabel,contentCountImage,contentCount; - (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier { self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier]; if (self) { // Initialization code contentCountImage = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed: @"tableCount.png"] ]; primaryLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init]; primaryLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft; primaryLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor]; primaryLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize: 20]; primaryLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; secondaryLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init]; secondaryLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft; secondaryLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor]; secondaryLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize: 8]; secondaryLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; contentCount = [[UILabel alloc] init]; contentCount.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter; contentCount.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize: 15]; contentCount.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; contentCount.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor]; contentCount.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(1, 1); contentCount.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; [self.contentView addSubview: contentCountImage]; [self.contentView addSubview: primaryLabel]; [self.contentView addSubview: secondaryLabel]; [self.contentView addSubview: contentCount]; } return self; } - (void)layoutSubviews { [super layoutSubviews]; CGRect contentRect = self.contentView.bounds; // CGFloat boundsX = contentRect.origin.x; primaryLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0 ,0, 200, 25); secondaryLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0, 30, 100, 15); contentCount.frame = CGRectMake(contentRect.size.width - 48, contentRect.size.height / 2 - 13, 36, 24); contentCountImage.frame = CGRectMake(contentRect.size.width - 48, contentRect.size.height / 2 - 12, 36, 24); } - (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated { [super setSelected:selected animated:animated]; // Configure the view for the selected state } - (void)dealloc { [primaryLabel release]; [secondaryLabel release]; [contentCountImage release]; [contentCount release]; } @end And then to create the cell I use - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell"; ASCustomCellWithCount *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [[[ASCustomCellWithCount alloc] initWithStyle: UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease]; } cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [tempArray objectAtIndex: indexPath.row]]; cell.contentCount.text = @"49"; return cell; }