iOS: UITableView cells with multiple lines?

There is a method to accomplish this just using storyboard. First, select the cell and go to the attributes section on the right panel. The first option should be 'Style'. Change this from custom to basic. Now, in your cell you should see text that says 'Title'. Double click it and in the right panel you should be able to set the number of lines.

You can use the existing UILabel views in the UITableViewCell for this. The secret is to do the following:

cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
cell.textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;

By default, the UILabel only allows 1 line of text. Setting numberOfLines to 0 basically removes any limitations on the number of lines displayed. This allows you to have multiple lines of text.

The setting of the lineBreakMode to Word Wrap tells it to word wrap long lines of text onto the next line in the label. If you don't want this, you can skip that line.

You may also have to adjust the height of the table view cell as needed to make more room for the multiple lines of text you add.

For iOS 6.0 and later, use NSLineBreakByWordWrapping instead of UILineBreakModeWordWrap, which has been deprecated.

Since Swift 3:

func allowMultipleLines(tableViewCell: UITableViewCell) {
    tableViewCell.textLabel?.numberOfLines = 0
    tableViewCell.textLabel?.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
}