Adding UIButton to detailTextLabel/right side of UITableView - ios

Question

I'm quite new to Swift and I would like to know what is the easiest and simplest way for me to add in 10 buttons to 10 of my cell rows in my TableViewController.
P.S: It would be nice if the 10 buttons perform differently instead of duplicate.
import UIKit
import FirebaseDatabase
var ref: DatabaseReference?
var databaseHandle: DatabaseHandle?
var postData = [String]()
class TableViewController5: UITableViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
ref = Database.database().reference() //set the firebase reference
// Retrieve the post and listen for changes
databaseHandle = ref?.child("Posts3").observe(.value, with: { (snapshot) in
postData.removeAll()
for child in snapshot.children {
let snap = child as! DataSnapshot
let key = snap.key
postData.append(key)
}
self.tableView.reloadData()
})
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return postData.count
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
cell.textLabel?.font = UIFont.init(name: "Helvetica", size: 23)
cell.textLabel?.text = postData[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat
{
return 80
}
}

Answer 1

From what I can understand, you should use prototype cell and add an IBAction in the cell and in that cell you should perform the segue and pass whatever data you need to customise the page you load.
In your tableView(_:cellForRowAt:) method, you can set a tag for the button.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as? prototypeCell
cell.voteButton.tag = indexPath.row
return cell
}
Then in your cell's class, in the IBAction I mentioned earlier, check for the tag and set the data to pass accordingly.
Then in your prepareForSegue:sender: method, just pass the data you want to pass to the next view controller and all should work fine.

Answer 2

Check if it helps You
//Common cell Variable
var cell = UITableViewCell()
//UIButton commonly Declared
var acceptRequest = UIButton()
var declineRequest = UIButton()
My TableView Cell contains two button as shown Accept & Decline
In my tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) I added Handlers for button
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
//Cell for dequeuing
cell = self.RequestListTableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell")!
//Used Tags here
//You can Make use of TableViewCell class here and Access Buttons from there
acceptRequest = cell.viewWithTag(4) as! UIButton
//Adding action Handlers for UIbuttons
self.acceptRequest.addTarget(self, action: #selector(RequestListView.AcceptRequest(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside)
return cell
}
my Button handler
func AcceptRequest (sender: UIButton) {
//Dequeue cell with identifier can be ignored
cell = self.RequestListTableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell")!
//Get button position from TableView : Required
let buttonPosition : CGPoint = sender.convert(CGPoint.zero, to: self.RequestListTableView)
//Get index Path of selected Cell from TableView
//Returns Table Cell index same as didSelect
let indexPath : IndexPath = self.RequestListTableView.indexPathForRow(at: buttonPosition)!
//Can be used if you need to update a view
cell = self.RequestListTableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)!
//Now time to access using index Path
cell.textLabel.text = array[indexPath.row] //Example
}
Can use this Procedure for even single Button or for multiple buttons too
In case if you have more than one button in one cell, this will help you