Remove All Cell Accessories in UITableView in Swift 2 - ios

Question

I have a method in Objective-C that I've used to uncheck all cells in a UITableView:
- (void)resetCheckedCells {
for (NSUInteger section = 0, sectionCount = self.tableView.numberOfSections; section < sectionCount; ++section) {
for (NSUInteger row = 0, rowCount = [self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:section]; row < rowCount; ++row) {
UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:row inSection:section]];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
cell.accessoryView = nil;
}
}
}
In Swift, I think I need to use enumeration to accomplish this. I'm stumped as to how to get the values I need. Here's a "physics for poets" sketch of what I'm trying to do:
func resetCheckedCells() {
// TODO: figure this out?
for (section, tableView) in tableView.enumerate() {
for (row, tableView) in tableView {
let cell = UITableView
cell.accessoryType = .None
}
}
}
This doesn't work, but it's illustrative of what I'm trying to accomplish. What am I missing?
UPDATE
There was a very simple, but non-apparent (to me), way to do this involving cellForRowAtIndexPath and a global array...
var myStuffToSave = [NSManagedObject]()
... that's instantiated with the UITableViewController loads. I'm posting this update in hopes that someone else might find it helpful.
My UITableViewController is initially populated with NSManagedObjects. My didSelectRowAtIndexPath does two things:
1) adds/removes NSManagedObjects from a global myStuffToSave array
2) toggles cell.accessoryType for the cell between .Checkmark and .None
That when cellForRowAtIndexPath is called, I compare items from myStuffToSave with what's in the tableView.
Here's a snippet of my cellForRowAtIndexPath:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath)
// I set the cells' accessory types to .None when they're drawn
// ** SO RELOADING THE tableView NUKES THE CHECKMARKS WITH THE FOLLOWING LINE... **
cell.accessoryType = .None
// boilerplate cell configuration
// Set checkmarks
// ** ...IF THE ARRAY IS EMPTY
if self.myStuffToSave.count > 0 {
// enumerate myStuffToSave...
for (indexOfMyStuffToSave, thingToSave) in stuffToSave.enumerate() {
// if the object in the array of stuff to save matches the object in the index of the tableview
if stuffInMyTableView[indexPath.row].hashValue == stuffToSave[indexOfMyStuffToSave].hashValue {
// then set its accessoryView to checkmark
cell.accessoryType = .Checkmark
}
}
}
return cell
}
So removing everything from myStuffToSave and reloading the tableView will reset all the checked cells. This is what my resetCheckedCells method looks like at the end:
func resetCheckedCells() {
// remove everything from myStuffToSave
self.myStuffToSave.removeAll()
// and reload tableView where the accessoryType is set to .None by default
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
Thanks to #TannerNelson for pointing me towards a solution.

Answer 1

This seems like a strange way to use UITableView.
You should look at the UITableViewDataSource protocol and implement your code using that.
The main function you will need to implement is tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath. In this function, you dequeue and return a cell.
Then when you need to update cells to be checked or unchecked, you can just call reloadAtIndexPaths: and pass the visible index paths.
This gist has a nice UITableView extension for reloading only visible cells using self.tableView.reloadVisibleCells()
https://gist.github.com/tannernelson/6d140c5ce2a701e4b710