How to pass data to a custom UITableViewCell before it is built?

Question

iOS

I need to pass data to a cell when it is created in the tableView.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
       let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: identifier, for: indexPath) as? LessonTableViewCell
       //  Внутри класса LessonTableViewCell ячейка заполняет саму себя переданными ей данными
      /*код*/
}

How can I do that?

Answer 1

An example from my project. ( I don’t provide the code in text, a terrible editor. )
In the delegate:

internal override func collectionView(
  _ collectionView: UICollectionView,
    cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath
  ) -> UICollectionViewCell
  {
    let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(
      withReuseIdentifier: CategoriesCollectionViewCell.reuseIdentifier,
      for: indexPath
    ) as! CategoriesCollectionViewCell

    let randomIndex = indexPath.item % CategoriesPlaceholder.images.count

    cell.configure(
      withImage: UIImage(named: CategoriesPlaceholder.images[randomIndex])!,
      andTitle: CategoriesPlaceholder.titles[randomIndex]
    )

    return cell
  }

Inside the cell:

internal final class CategoriesCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {

 // =====================================
  // MARK: - Configure
  // =====================================

  internal func configure(withImage image: UIImage?, andTitle title: String) {
    illustrationCircle.image = image
    self.title.text = title
  }