Customizing the default delete button and icon in UITableViewCell - ios

I am trying to change the default button to delete a row in a tableview (when the user swipe left).
Changing the height of the default confirmation delete button
At the same time i would like to add a custom image on the left side of the cell when entering the edit mode...
[Changing the default icon when entering the edit mode to delete2
I've included in my code the:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return true
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, commit editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
let delete = UITableViewRowAction(style: .destructive, title: "\u{267A}\n Delete") { (action, indexPath) in
tableView.isEditing = false
print("delete")
// delete item at indexPath
}
return [delete]
}
is it possible to change the heigh of the confirmation delete button and add a custom image for the left icon?
Thanks!
:)

You need to set UIImage to backgroundColor of UITableViewRowAction.
let someAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Default, title: "") { value in
println("button did tapped!")
}
someAction.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "myImage")!)

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How to show image when triggering UITableViewRowAction?

I'm trying to customize the where the delete option has a red background and a trash icon. So far from what I gathered and implemented I have a repeating image in the background and not sure how to make it red or show only 1 trash can image
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
let title = " "
let deleteAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .default, title: title) { (action, indexpath) in
}
let image = UIImage(named: "icon_trash")
if let im = image {
deleteAction.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: im)
}
return [deleteAction]
}
I can see I'm close but not sure how to piece the color and what I have together to show something like the image below
I think it's time to upgrade to these ios 11 new methods with image property
public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration?
public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, leadingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration?
So try this
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration? {
let deleteAction = UIContextualAction(style: .normal, title: "", handler: { (ac:UIContextualAction, view:UIView, success:(Bool) -> Void) in
// Call edit action
// Reset state
success(true)
})
deleteAction.image = UIImage(named: "icon_trash")
deleteAction.backgroundColor = .red
return UISwipeActionsConfiguration(actions: [deleteAction])
}

Change the text of the cell delete button

i'm trying to change the delete button of a cell.
I have 2 functions :
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
let titleBtn = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.default, title: "Supprimer") { (action , indexPath ) -> Void in
self.isEditing = false
//ackAction.backgroundColor = UIColor.orange
}
return [titleBtn]
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return true
}
But, when I run my app, the text of the button is changed but the delete doesn't work (i can't delete data from my array and the row of my tableview). Before to add this functions all worked perfectly.
A detail: in the canEditRowAt function, I tried to return false too...
Thanks by advance
if you want to change the text of the delete button, conform this method in the UITableViewDelegate:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> String?
{
return "Your new title"
}
To delete the item from the array conform this method
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, commit editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath)
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.delete)
{
yourDataSourceArray.remove(at: indexPath.row)
yourTableView.reloadData()
}
}
You can either use default delete action and change its title like this.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> String?
{
return "MyAction"
}
or you can create your own action buttons like this.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return true
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
let deleteAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .default, title: "Delete") {action in
//handle delete
}
let editAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .normal, title: "Edit") {action in
//handle edit
}
return [deleteAction, editAction]
}

tableView's commit method stops being called if editActionsForRowAt is present

My tableView's commit method gets called fine when the user swipes and deletes a row, but if I attempt to customize the color/text of the action by using editActionsForRowAt then it stops being called.
Here's some code
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool
{
return true
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editingStyleForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCellEditingStyle
{
return .delete
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, commit editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath)
{
// delete code goes here
}
With the above code then tableView:commit will get called. But if I attempt to change the background color and text by adding the method below then it stops getting called.
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]?
{
let delete = UITableViewRowAction(style: .destructive, title: "Remove") { (action, indexPath) in
}
delete.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray
return [delete]
}
Why does adding the editActionsForRowAt method stop the commit method from getting called?
When using editActionsForRowAt the commit function won't be called. Instead of putting your code in the commit function, put it in the closure on the UITableViewRowAction:
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]?
{
let delete = UITableViewRowAction(style: .destructive, title: "Remove") { (action, indexPath) in
// delete code should go here instead
}
delete.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray
return [delete]
}

Swiping right on a UITableViewCell

So i've searched the site for an answer to this question and there are some decent results but nothing recent since Xcode 7 is no longer in beta and swift 2.0 is now the standard.
I've used the following code in order to make it so that a 'swipe left' feature will cause something to happen to a UITableViewCell -
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, commitEditingStyle editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath){
if editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Delete {
// ...
}
}
I understand that this is something that Apple now supplied in their API and use of external classes is not needed.
I also understand you can customize the actions that come up from this swipe using this native code:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [AnyObject]? {
let more = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Normal, title: "More") { action, index in
print("more button tapped")
}
Is there any modern native code which would define a 'right swipe' on a UITableViewCell?
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView,
leadingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration?
{
let closeAction = UIContextualAction(style: .normal, title: "Close", handler: { (ac:UIContextualAction, view:UIView, success:(Bool) -> Void) in
print("OK, marked as Closed")
success(true)
})
closeAction.image = UIImage(named: "tick")
closeAction.backgroundColor = .purple
return UISwipeActionsConfiguration(actions: [closeAction])
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView,
trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration?
{
let modifyAction = UIContextualAction(style: .normal, title: "Update", handler: { (ac:UIContextualAction, view:UIView, success:(Bool) -> Void) in
print("Update action ...")
success(true)
})
modifyAction.image = UIImage(named: "hammer")
modifyAction.backgroundColor = .blue
return UISwipeActionsConfiguration(actions: [modifyAction])
}
The feature is available on iOS 11.0+ and Mac Catalyst 13.0+. For options on the left use the leading and on the right use the trailing methods.
Just implement the UITableViewDelegate methods and return your UISwipeActionsConfiguration object. You could optionally include an image or just the text as the title of the button.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView,
leadingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration?
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView,
trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration?
Make sure to enable editing in your data source delegate otherwise the swipe options are disabled.
// True for enabling the editing mode
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return true
}
No, there Is no such native API as of now.

How to swipe to edit text in a tableView?

In my app I have a tableView in witch I have default text and I would like to have a swipe to edit text function so the user can change the text if the want to.
I already added the swipe to delete, using the code below, however adding an editing text function isn't as easy to find information on, So my question is, How can I add a button so the user can edit the text via a swipe function?
I need to know the code to load the text as I can't have a textfield so it's not as easy as something like label.text = textfield.text
the code that original loads the text is as follows
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath)
cell.textLabel?.text = places[indexPath.row]["name"]
Thanks !
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, commitEditingStyle editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
if editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Delete {
places.removeAtIndex(indexPath.row)
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(places, forKey: "places")
tableView.reloadData()
}
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
var editAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Normal, title: "Edit") { (action, indexPath) in
tableView.editing = false
// your action
}
editAction.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor()
var deleteAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Default, title: "Delete") { (action, indexPath) in
tableView.editing = false
// your delete action
}
return [deleteAction, editAction]

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