Question

I have a view consisting of a label and two buttons, which I named UIView *footerView, as I am implementing this in the last section of my table view. I have this view become the view for indexPath.section = 3 by using [cell.contentView addSubview: footerView]

This is my Problem:

I can see the view inside the cell. But I cannot tap the buttons, as the cell gets selected instead of the buttons (which are inside the cells).

How do I get over this problem? My buttons are not even selectable!

Here’s the code… In cellForRowAtIndexPath:

if (section == 3){

    cell = nil;
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];

    if (indexPath.row ==0){

        cell.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleToFill;
        [cell.contentView addSubview:self.footerView];

    }

}

And the Footer view (in case anyone needs to see this):

 UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 3, 300, 44)];
textView.text = @"Terms and Conditions: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con- sectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut";

textView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
textView.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:10];

[self.footerView addSubview:textView];

//create the button
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];

[button setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 60, 300, 44)];

//set title, font size and font color
[button setTitle:@"Create Account" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18]];
// [button setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

//set action of the button
[button addTarget:self action:@selector(createAccount:)
 forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

[button setEnabled:YES];
//add the button to the view
[self.footerView addSubview:button];


UIButton *cancelButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];

[cancelButton setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 107, 300, 44)];

//set title, font size and font color
[cancelButton setTitle:@"Cancel" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[cancelButton.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18]];
// [button setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

//set action of the button
[cancelButton addTarget:self action:@selector(cancelPressed:)
       forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];


[cancelButton setEnabled:YES];
//add the button to the view
[self.footerView addSubview:cancelButton];

Answer 1

You will need to implement something similar to this

- (NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    if (3 == indexPath.section){
      return nil;
    }
    return indexPath;
}

Ok so if I implement the above it works fine. I believe I can reproduce your issue by making the UIButton frame fall outside the cell’s contentView. Make sure the cell is big enough to contain your label and it should function correctly. To make the cell larger to fit your content you may have to implement:

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
  return aHeightThatIsBigEnoughToContainMySubViews;
}