Question

I have a table view that has many cells. Each cell has its own UITextField. I added the text fields programmatically. I want each and every textField to appear when the edit button is hit. (now table is in edit mode) and when pressed again, i want all of the textFields to vanish(leaving the edit mode). I know that i can accomplish this using the hidden property, but i tried doing this in this method:

    - (IBAction)editButton:(id)sender 
{
    if (self.editing) 
    {
        [self setEditing:NO animated:YES];
        [self.myTableView setEditing:NO animated:YES];
        EditButton.title = @"Edit";
        cellText.hidden = YES;  //<-- THIS IS THE CODE
    } 
    else 
    {
        [self setEditing:YES animated:YES];
        [self.myTableView setEditing:YES animated:YES];
        EditButton.title = @"Done";
        cellText.hidden = NO;  //<-- THIS IS THE CODE
    }
}

but it only shows and hides the VERY LAST cell’s textField. How can i get it to where it shows and then doesnt show EVERY cell’s textFIeld? Many thanks in advance!!!

CELL FOR ROW

    - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil)
     {
         cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];


         cellText = [[UITextField alloc]init];
         [cellText setFrame:CGRectMake(190, 15, 55, 30)];
         cellText.text = @"1";
         cellText.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
         cellText.hidden = YES;
         cellText.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
         [cell addSubview:cellText];
    }    

return cell;
}

Thanks in advance!! 😀

Answer 1

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You can get rid of this issue, using this trick, I am not sure as if it would create the memory leak within your code.Since, it create new cell each time.But surely you can use it,if you don’t get some proper way of doing it. 😉

- (IBAction)editButton:(id)sender 
{
 if (self.editing) 
        {
            [self setEditing:NO animated:YES];
            [self.myTableView setEditing:NO animated:YES];
            EditButton.title = @"Edit";

        } 
        else 
        {
            [self setEditing:YES animated:YES];
            [self.myTableView setEditing:YES animated:YES];
            EditButton.title = @"Done";

        }
        [self.myTableView reloadData];
}

After reloading the TableView, check the condition in cellForRowAtIndexPath, either pass the value of self.editing to TextField which makes it hide/show.

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell  = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];


    cellText = [[UITextField alloc]init];
    [cellText setFrame:CGRectMake(190, 15, 55, 30)];
    cellText.text = @"1";
    cellText.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
    cellText.hidden = YES;
    cellText.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
    cellText.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
    [cell addSubview:cellText];

    cellText.hidden=!self.editing;

    return cell;
}