Question

I’m building a view controller that is very similar to the Contacts app ABPersonViewController in editing mode.

I have a UITableView filled with Custom UITableViewCells which contain a UITextField where the user can enter a phone number

I have a situation where if someone starts entering in a new phone number (in the last cell of the section), a new empty table view cell is added to the bottom of the table, and the editing style of the current table view cell is set to UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete, like in the Contacts app in the same situation.

My problem is that I don’t know how to change the editing style of the UITableViewCell without reloading it. The problem with reloading it is that its UITextField that is currently being edited will be released, dismissing the keyboard.

Is there a way to change the editing style of the UITableViewCell without reloading it? Or another way of accomplishing what I want?

Answer 1

I was able to accomplish what I wanted by following the answer here:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/5664207/472344