# Not possible to override SBUChannelCell for custom data logic

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/not-possible-to-override-sbuchannelcell-for-custom-data-logic/1929>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Tags:** ios, uikit\
**Created:** [March 22, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/not-possible-to-override-sbuchannelcell-for-custom-data-logic/1929 "2021-03-22T16:58:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![illia.postoienko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/illia.postoienko/32/1011_2.png) [@illia.postoienko](https://community.sendbird.com/u/illia.postoienko)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/not-possible-to-override-sbuchannelcell-for-custom-data-logic/1929/1 "2021-03-22T16:58:07Z")

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Currently by Sendbird UIKit IOS sample customization of cells of SBUChannelListViewController looks like that I need to override SBUBaseChannelCell and make a fully custom UI with my layout from scratch. But the issue is if I want to use the default layout/design of UIKit, because I’m totally ok with it, but to adjust only a few fields with data.

In my case, I want to update the title of ChannelListCell (where the name of the group appears) with an additional string and add there a description of the user, for example: Sam Samuels (Engineer). Instead of showing only the name of the group chat.

 ![IMG_9358](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sendbird/original/2X/0/03b93757773eb21b56c36f2cb51a40a22a2d9c65.jpeg)

The issue that I’ve faced, that Sendbird UIKit doesn’t give me the ability to override the SBUChannelCell (not SBUBaseChannelCell) to adjust just one data field in it by overriding `func configure(channel: SBDBaseChannel)` method. For reason that it is `public`, but not `open`.

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**Author:** ![Woo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/woo/32/125_2.png) [@Woo](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Woo)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/not-possible-to-override-sbuchannelcell-for-custom-data-logic/1929/2 "2021-03-22T19:53:39Z")

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@illia.postoienko Hi! I will let my team know and see if we can make that open.

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**Author:** ![illia.postoienko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/illia.postoienko/32/1011_2.png) [@illia.postoienko](https://community.sendbird.com/u/illia.postoienko)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/not-possible-to-override-sbuchannelcell-for-custom-data-logic/1929/3 "2021-04-06T16:32:01Z")

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hey, @Woo, any updates on this?)

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**Author:** ![Woo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/woo/32/125_2.png) [@Woo](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Woo)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/not-possible-to-override-sbuchannelcell-for-custom-data-logic/1929/4 "2021-04-06T17:30:11Z")

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@illia.postoienko Have you tried latest version? I believe we updated cell class’s method to `open` for you!