How to hide specific cells in a static UItableview, in swift? - ios

Question

No article explains it clearly regarding my query, I have three cells in a static table and I want to hide second cell when users taps on first cell. Any kind of help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Although you cannot stop the static table from trying to show your cells, you can set their height to zero, making them effectively invisible:
Add this method to your table view controller delegate class:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGFloat {
let cell = super.tableView(tableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath: indexPath)
return cell == myHiddenCell ? 0 : super.tableView(tableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath)
}

Answer 2

In the didSelectCellAtIndexPath method, you can set the height to 0 to hide it :
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
if indexPath.row == 0 {
let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forItem: 1, inSection : 0)
let secondCell = tableview.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)
secondCell.frame.size.height = 0;
self.view.layoutSubviews()
}
}
If you want an animation, just put self.view.layoutSubviews() in an UIView animation method UIView.animateWithDuration... etc

Answer 3

For me, setting the height to 0 for some cells and another height for other cells wasn't an option, as all my cells have different height.
I created another cell in Storyboard, and set row height of 0 (in size inspector). Then in the code, I show the cell with height = 0 if I want to hide it, if not, I show the other cell:
if (hideCell) {
let hiddenCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "hiddenCell",for: indexPath) as! TheWallTableViewCell
return hiddenCell
}
else {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell",for: indexPath) as! TheWallTableViewCell
return cell
}