Is it possible to disable the 'swipe-to-delete' gesture for a row/cell in a tableView? If so, how do you do it? The cell should still be editable in EDIT mode, but the swipe-to-delete gesture should be disabled.
Here's what to do:
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// Detemine if it's in editing mode
if (self.tableView.editing) {
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
}
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone;
}
You still need tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath: to animate the deletion.
This is a much cleaner solution than iBrad Apps' solution, since you can use the default self.editButtonItem instead of a custom button.
Link: UITableView disable swipe to delete, but still have delete in Edit mode?
Yes. The code below will disable it.
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return NO;
}
Response to your comment:
Edit2: My code below will work better with a custom button. If you want the default button then go to the link that #dasblinkenlight posted.
So pretty much make a button where you want the edit buttons to show and then call this method.
- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animated {
[super setEditing:editing animated:animated];
[self.tableview setEditing:editing animated:animated];
}
If you don't want to allow certain cells to be swiped and deleted, here's a solution:
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (indexPath.row == yourCellIndex) {
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
Also don't forget to have this implemented in order for it to work:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
// do something when deleted
}
}
Heres a Swift version:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCellEditingStyle {
if tableView.editing {
return UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Delete
}
return UITableViewCellEditingStyle.None
}
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EDIT
My constraints on custom cells are all weird. Please disregard. Just using standard Left Detail ones now.
I don't understand why in iOS8 now my static table view cell contents are collapsing into the header of each section.
There's really almost nothing in my SettingsTVC.m. This is a just a test with all static data in the storyboard:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
}
Have you implemented TableView delegate methods properly i.e
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
if(section == CUSTOM_SECTION)
{
return CUSTOM_VALUE;
}
return UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return height;
}
I am trying to change the elements on my section footer directly as it finish loading
But when i try following way
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayFooterView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section {
UITableViewHeaderFooterView* footerView = [self.tableView footerViewForSection:0];
}
footerView returns nil
The only solution that works for me is performSelector:withObject:afterDelay
Shouldn't there exist a delegate method like the one mentioned above but with didDisplayFooterView instead?
Thanks :)
Your footer view is passed in as a the parameter view. Just check that the section is the one you want:
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayFooterView:(UIView *)view forSection: (NSInteger)section {
if(section == 0) {
//view is your footer view
}
}
This might be a very stupid question, but I have very little knowledge about Xcode, Objective-C and iOS development in general.
What I have is a UITableViewController, with a number of cells. I've gotten the 'add' and delete (swipe to delete) functions to work, but I cannot figure out how to connect the 'edit' button to a function that will trigger the editing mode of that TableView, so I can rearrange the order of the elements.
I have un-commented these functions:
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// Return NO if you do not want the item to be re-orderable.
return YES;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)fromIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)toIndexPath
{
XYZToDoItem *itemToMove = [self.toDoItems objectAtIndex:fromIndexPath.row];
[self.toDoItems removeObjectAtIndex:fromIndexPath.row];
[self.toDoItems insertObject:itemToMove atIndex:toIndexPath.row];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
As you can see I have also made a few additions to the moveRowAtIndexPath method following the documentation.
In addition there are these functions;
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
// Delete the row from the data source
[self.toDoItems removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// Return NO if you do not want the specified item to be editable.
return YES;
}
As previously stated the "swipe to delete" function works, I don't know how, but I simply just uncommented these last two methods and edited one a bit to fit my code.
To be more specific, what I'm asking is how can I link the 'edit' button I have in my Navigation Controller to trigger the edit mode for the TableView, thereby showing the three lines (?) known from the TableViews editing mode (and letting me drag the elements to an order I want).
Thanks in advance for all your help! :)
If this is a UITableViewController you have two options. Either use the built-in edit button, which will give you the automatic Edit/Done button change. Use self.editButtonItem in your navigation bar:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}
Or you could use setEditing:animated to change editing state of the tableViewController:
// self is a UITableViewController
[self setEditing:YES animated:YES];
If your viewController is not a subclass of UITableViewController you can set the editing mode of the tableView:
[self.tableView setEditing:YES animated:YES];
If you have a UITableViewController you should use the first way because it is most convenient.
I have a UITableView in the iPad xib file.
The delegate method:
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return YES;
}
is correctly invoked.
But stil when I touch a row, or I swipe on it to delete it nothing happens.
In the xib file "User Interaction Enabled" for the table is on.
Thanks
UPDATE:
I've added this to the delegate, but still nothing:
-(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
}
Have you implemented these methods :
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath {
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
}
This method tells if the table can be edited.
To go into edit mode, call [setEditing:YES animated:animated].
If you have setup a editButtonItem, it will do it for you when pressed.
Can anyone advise me on how I can add a "plus" button in a UITableView Cell like what you see in the screen shot below?
You can also put the table view into editing mode, implement editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath: and return UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert (which puts a green circle with a plus sign).
For example...
- (IBAction)editButtonPressed
{
//toggle editing on/off...
[tableView setEditing:(!tableView.editing) animated:YES];
}
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (indexPath.row == 0)
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert;
//gives green circle with +
else
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
//or UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone
}
When the green button is pressed, the table view will call tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath::
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle
forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert)
{
//handle insert...
}
else
{
//handle delete...
}
}
The simple way: get an image of the plus, set it for the cell.imageView.image.
You can customize your cell by getting the contentView property of your UITableViewCell and adding the UIImage of the plus button as a subview.
That's not a built-in control. It's probably a custom-style UIButton with that image in its .image property.