Question

I have subclassed a UITableViewCell. What I want to have is when I click on the cell, I added a UIView to the bottom of the cell and adjust the height of the cell accordingly. Here’s my code:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{   
MyCell* cell = (MyCell *) [self.table cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]; 
UIView * options = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, cell.frame.size.height - 27, cell.frame.size.width, 27)];
UIButton* button1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[options addSubview:button1];
UIButton* button2 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[options addSubview:button2];
UIButton* button3 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[options addSubview:button3];
//did some layout calculation here to position the button
[cell addSubview:options];
}

Here’s a video that illustrates the issue

Also I’ve tried to change the accessoryView of my cell from my custom UIButton to the regular UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosure but it didn’t work

MyCell * cell = (MyCell *)[self.table cellForRowAtIndexPath:temp];
     [cell.accessoryView removeFromSuperview];
     cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;

If you’re curious what I am trying to do, I am trying to create a tweetbot uitableviewcell, where you press the cell/row and it presents you with other options (retweets, etc) and also it was shown animated.

Answer 1

I don’t know if I correctly understand what you are trying to do. But if you do want to animate the change of the UITableViewCell’s height try to adjust it within – (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath and call

[tableView beginUpdates];
[tableView endUpdates];