- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

       static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
       UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

       /** adding info to the cell **/

       UIPinchGestureRecognizer *pinchGesture = [[UIPinchGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(makeBiggerCell:)];
       [cell addGestureRecognizer:pinchGesture];
       return cell;
}

- (void)makeBiggerCell:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)gesture {

      if (gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged){

          // I have a private property of NSIndexPath in order to keep
          // track of the selected row.
          self.selectedIndexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:(UITableViewCell *)sender.view];

         CGPoint windowPoint = [gesture locationOfTouch:1 inView:nil];
         CGPoint tablePoint =  [gesture locationInView:self.tableView];


         self.sizeOfCell = fabsf(tablePoint.y - windowPoint.y);

         // the MINIMUM_CELL_SIZE is the regular size of the cell
         // this conditional tries to avoid small tableviewcells
         // IMPORTANT: as long as the user keeps his fingers on the cell
         // the 'resize' happens

         if (self.sizeOfCell > MINIMUM_CELL_SIZE)
            [self.tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:@[self.selectedIndexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];

     }else if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded){

         if (sender.scale >=5) {
            [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"MySegue" sender:sender.view];
         }
      }

}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
      if (self.selectedIndexPath && self.selectedIndexPath.row == indexPath.row && self.sizeOfCell)
          return self.sizeOfCell + MINIMUM_CELL_SIZE;
else
         return MINIMUM_CELL_SIZE;
  }

if (pinchGesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged || pinchGesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
    self.sizeOfCell.width *= pinchGesture.scale;
    self.sizeOfCell.height *= pinchGesture.scale;
    pinchGesture.scale = 1;
    [self.tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths: @[self.selectedIndexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
}