Question

I have two designs for the UITableViewCells, one for the selected cells and other for the unselected cells. I can detect that a cell was selected and deselected in these events to modify their design:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

But when the user tap & hold a Cell, the cell is highlighted but none of these events are activated, so I cant repaint the shadows of the UITextLabels correctly because the UITitleLabels have the method: titleLabel.highlightedTextColor but not the method titleLabel.highlightedShadowColor.

In the image:

1 - Unselected cell
2 - Selected cell
3 - Tap & hold cell, with ugly shadows.

How can I detect the user tap & hold a cell?

Answer 1

You could use a UILongPressGestureRecognizer like this:

add the gesture to the cell in your cellForRowAtIndexPath:

UILongPressGestureRecognizer *twoSecPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handlePress:)];
            [twoSecPress setMinimumPressDuration:2];
            [cell addGestureRecognizer: twoSecPress];
            [twoSecPress release];

handle the selector

-(void) handlePress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {
 if (recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
        UITableViewCell *cellView=(UITableViewCell *)recognizer.view;
        //do your stuff
    }
}

(Not tested).