Question

I made a project in interface builder with the Master-Detail Template and I’d like to get rid of the edit button.

I wrote (in MasterViewController):

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Return NO if you do not want the specified item to be editable.
    return NO;
}

This disables the edit button, however the button is still there.

Then I tried (in the viewDidLoad, after connecting the tableView property to my MasterViewController class):

 [self.tableView setEditing:NO];

However, the button is still there.

Answer 1

You need to remove the button altogether. setEditing has to do with wether or not the tableview is in edit mode or not, so try:

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = nil;

In your viewDidLoad method.

Also make sure you don’t see a line of code in viewDidLoad that looks like:

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;

If yes, delete or comment it out.