UITableView, having problems changing accessory when selected
- by zpasternack
I'm using a UITableView to allow selection of one (of many) items. Similar to the UI when selecting a ringtone, I want the selected item to be checked, and the others not. I would like to have the cell selected when touched, then animated back to the normal color (again, like the ringtone selection UI).
A UIViewController subclass is my table's delegate and datasource (not UITableViewController, because I also have a toolbar in there).
I'm setting the accessoryType of the cells in cellForRowAtIndexPath:, and updating my model when cells are selected in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. The only way I can think of to set the selected cell to checkmark (and clear the previous one) is to call [tableView reloadData] in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. However, when I do this, the animating of the cell deselection is weird (a white box appears where the cell's label should be). If I don't call reloadData, of course, the accessoryType won't change, so the checkmarks won't appear.
I suppose I could turn the animation off, but that seems lame. I also toyed with getting and altering the cells in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:, but that's a big pain.
Any ideas? Abbreviated code follows...
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell* aCell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:kImageCell];
if( aCell == nil ) {
aCell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:kImageCell];
}
aCell.text = [imageNames objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
if( [indexPath row] == selectedImage ) {
aCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
} else {
aCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
}
return aCell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
selectedImage = [indexPath row]
[tableView reloadData];
}
