UITableView deleting row reduced table row height - ios

Question

When I delete a row from my tableview the remaining rows height get's reduced by about 20 or so points/pixels/whatever Apple table rows are measured in. When I first display the table the row fits the content - I configure the content this way:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Set up the cell...
[self configureCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;
}
- (void)configureCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
Favorite *thisFavorite = [self.arrResults objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
NSMutableAttributedString* strAtttributedText;
// Define general attributes for the entire text
NSDictionary *attribs = #{
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: cell.textLabel.textColor,
NSFontAttributeName: cell.textLabel.font
};
NSString* strCellText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#\n%#\n%#", thisFavorite.favName, thisFavorite.favAddress, thisFavorite.favCity];
//get location of first return TO DO - need to figure out how to return the range from the string above
NSRange newLineRange = [strCellText rangeOfString: #"\n"];
NSRange firstLineRange = NSMakeRange(0, newLineRange.location);
NSRange restOfTextRange = NSMakeRange(newLineRange.location + 1, strCellText.length-newLineRange.location-1);
strAtttributedText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:strCellText attributes:attribs];
[strAtttributedText setAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:MPL_BLUE} range:firstLineRange];
[strAtttributedText setAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:MPL_LIGHTGRAY, NSFontAttributeName:TABLE_CELL_FONT} range:restOfTextRange];
cell.textLabel.attributedText = strAtttributedText;
cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
cell.textLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
}
and I am deleting the row this way:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
Favorite* thisFavorite = [self.arrResults objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[self.tableView beginUpdates];
NSArray* arrIndexPaths = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:indexPath, nil];
[self.tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:arrIndexPaths withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
[self.arrResults removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[self.tableView endUpdates];
[self.myController deleteManagedObject:thisFavorite];
}
}
where would I manage the cell height in this process?
I can get the initial cell frame (they are all the same content style - name\naddress\ncity,state,zip) from here:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
self.cellSize = cell.frame;
}
I tried dropping self.tableview.rowHeight = self.cellSize.size.height inbetween begin and end editing but it had no affect.
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You should implement this method and return a constant height for your cells (I didn't see it in the code snippet you posted):
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return someConstantIntValue;
}