Question

is there a way to add cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton;
to each row in a table without using delegate tableView functions?(the reason for this is a bit complicated..)

im thinking on stuff like

for(UITableViewCell *cell in TheTable){
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton;
}

but this wont work..
any ideas?

ty in advance!

Answer 1

You will never have access to all the cells from the UITableView object. You can access the visible cells like @Jhaliya mentioned. Of course your best approach here is to have a BOOL instance variable to keep track of whether cells have the detail disclosure button and flip them.

BOOL isDetailDisclosureAccessoryVisible;

In tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:,

if ( isDetailDisclosureAccessoryVisible ) {
    cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton;
} else {
    cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
}

When you want to make them available,

isDetailDisclosureAccessoryVisible = YES;
[TheTable reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:[TheTable indexPathsForVisibleRows]
                WithRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone]; //Choose an appropriate animation here.