Add cell at bottom and scroll UITableView - ios

Question

I want to add cells at the bottom of a UITableView, and scroll to make it fully visible (just like in Whatsapp when you send or receive a message).
I've tried doing this:
[self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:[self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:0]-1 inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:YES];
But this makes a graphical glitch and the table flashes and make a bad scrolling instead of a smooth one.
Any help with this?

Answer 1

here what I have done is, inserted a row and then changed the content inset of the tableView
-(IBOutlet)sendButton:(id)sender
{
[array addObject:textView.text];
[self addAnotherRow];
}
- (void)addAnotherRow {
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:(array.count - 1) inSection:0];
[self.messagesTableView beginUpdates];
[self.messagesTableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
[self.messagesTableView endUpdates];
[self updateContentInsetForTableView:self.messagesTableView animated:YES];
// TODO: if the scroll offset was at the bottom it can be scrolled down (allow user to scroll up and not override them)
[self.messagesTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionBottom animated:YES];
}
- (void)updateContentInsetForTableView:(UITableView *)tableView animated:(BOOL)animated {
NSUInteger lastRow = [self tableView:tableView numberOfRowsInSection:0];
NSLog(#"last row: %lu", (unsigned long)lastRow);
NSLog(#"items count: %lu", (unsigned long)array.count);
NSUInteger lastIndex = lastRow > 0 ? lastRow - 1 : 0;
NSIndexPath *lastIndexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:lastIndex inSection:0];
CGRect lastCellFrame = [self.messagesTableView rectForRowAtIndexPath:lastIndexPath];
// top inset = table view height - top position of last cell - last cell height
CGFloat topInset = MAX(CGRectGetHeight(self.messagesTableView.frame) - lastCellFrame.origin.y - CGRectGetHeight(lastCellFrame), 0);
// What about this way? (Did not work when tested)
// CGFloat topInset = MAX(CGRectGetHeight(self.tableView.frame) - self.tableView.contentSize.height, 0);
NSLog(#"top inset: %f", topInset);
UIEdgeInsets contentInset = tableView.contentInset;
contentInset.top = topInset;
NSLog(#"inset: %f, %f : %f, %f", contentInset.top, contentInset.bottom, contentInset.left, contentInset.right);
NSLog(#"table height: %f", CGRectGetHeight(self.messagesTableView.frame));
UIViewAnimationOptions options = UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState;
[UIView animateWithDuration:animated ? 0.25 : 0.0 delay:0.0 options:options animations:^{
tableView.contentInset = contentInset;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
}];
}
Note: to view existing messages from array, you have to include this
also.
- (void)viewDidLayoutSubviews {
[self updateContentInsetForTableView:self.messagesTableView animated:NO];
}

Answer 2

example function to add an item:
- (IBAction)addItem:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender {
[self.items addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Item %lu", self.items.count + 1]];
NSIndexPath *indexPathToInsert = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:self.items.count - 1 inSection:0];
[self.tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPathToInsert] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
[self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPathToInsert atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionBottom animated:YES];
}
for me the animation looks perfectly fine this way!

Answer 3

Well, what I did is use [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath... but calling it from a 0.1s NSTimer.

Answer 4

Make insertions animated and after endUpdates scroll bottom not animating. Worked for me
Swift
self.tableView.beginUpdates()
self.tableView.insertRowsAtIndexPaths(newIndexPaths, withRowAnimation: UITableViewRowAnimation.Top)
self.tableView.endUpdates()
self.tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: self.tableDataCount-1, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: false)