Button on cell change images - logic issue - ios

Question

Following is a code fragment from cellForRowAtIndexPath. I have added 2 buttons on a Cell.
When the user clicks on Button A the image of Button A should be a.png. And Button B should change to default.png.
When the user clicks on Button B the image of Button B should be b.png. And Button A should change to default.png.
How can i do this ?
cellForRowAtIndexPath Method
[cell.aButton addTarget:self action:#selector(methodA:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[cell.bButton addTarget:self action:#selector(methodB:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
- (void) methodA:(id) sender {
[((UIButton *)sender) setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"a.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
// How to change the image of Button B to default.png ??
}
- (void) methodB:(id) sender {
[((UIButton *)sender) setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"b.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
// How to change the image of Button A to default.png ??
}

Answer 1

If you have set tag to your buttons like aButton has tag= 1, and bButton has tag= 2
- (void) methodB:(id) sender {
UIButton *bButton =((UIButton *)sender) ;
[bButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"b.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
UIButton *aButton = (UIButton *)[bButton.superview viewWithTag:bButton.tag-1];
[aButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"default.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
}
- (void) methodA:(id) sender {
UIButton *aButton =((UIButton *)sender) ;
[aButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"a.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
UIButton *bButton = (UIButton *)[bButton.superview viewWithTag:aButton.tag+1]; //updated here, instead of bButton, put aButton
[bButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"default.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
}
Enjoy Coding !!

Answer 2

Try this,
- (void) methodA:(id) sender {
UIButton *buttonA = (UIButton *)sender;
CGPoint pointInTable = [field convertPoint:buttonA.bounds.origin toView:_tableView];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [_tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:pointInTable];
UITableViewCell *cell = [_tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:nowIndex];
//now access the button and change button images
//cell.aButton setImage:
//cell.bButton setImage:
}
Do the same for button B action.
Note: I recommend using custom tableview cell and handling this button actions inside the custom cell.

Answer 3

For both the buttons, set a.png and default.png for UIControlStateNormal and UIControlStateSelected respectively
Now you can simply make the button selected and deselected accordingly and donot worry about the image.
Hope this image gives you another hint.
To handle your selection issue, the best way is to handle it in your tableViewCell class, where you can access both the buttons and write a delegate or callback if required.

Answer 4

Try this...
cellForRowAtIndexPath
[cell.aButton addTarget:self action:#selector(methodToggle:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[cell.bButton addTarget:self action:#selector(methodToggle:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[cell.aButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"default.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[cell.bButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"default.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[cell.aButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"a.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[cell.bButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"b.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
cell.aButton.tag == 111;
cell.aButton.tag == 222;
Just One method for both Buttons
- (void) methodToggle:(id) sender {
UIButton * btn = (UIButton *)sender;
if (btn.tag == 111)
{
UIButton * btnAnother = (UIButton *)[[btn superview] viewWithTag:222];
btnAnother.selected = NO;
}
if (btn.tag == 222)
{
UIButton * btnAnother = (UIButton *)[[btn superview] viewWithTag:111];
btnAnother.selected = NO;
}
btn.selected = YES;
}

Answer 5

Inside tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: add following code
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = nil;
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if(cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
[cell.aButton setTag:1];
[cell.aButton addTarget:self action:#selector(methodA:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[cell.aButton setTag:2];
[cell.bButton addTarget:self action:#selector(methodB:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}
Implement the button event handlers as-
- (void) methodA:(id) sender
{
UIView *view = [sender superView];
UIButton *senderButton = (UIButton *)sender;
[senderButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"a.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
UIButton *otherButton = [view viewWithTag:2];
[otherButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"default.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
- (void) methodB:(id) sender
{
UIView * view = [sender superView];
UIButton *senderButton = (UIButton *)sender;
[senderButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"b.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
UIButton *otherButton = [view viewWithTag:1];
[otherButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"default.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}

Answer 6

Write a CustomCell class which has 2 buttons with target methods and delegate method to notify the table view when buttons clicked. Use this cell in the table view.
In target methods do the image changes(A/B) and fire the delegate method to notify the tableViewController.
You can keep indexpath as a property of cell and pass it with the delegate to tableView.(Set the indexpath for the cell in tableView's cellForRowAtIndexPath:)Then you can identify which cell's button was clicked and relevant data object can fetch from your data source.
CustomCell.m
- (IBAction)onButtonAClicked:(id)sender {
// change your images
[delegate cellButtonClicked:self.indexpath];
}
TableViewController.m
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
CustomCell *cell = nil;
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if(cell == nil) {
cell = [[[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] autorelease];
cell.delegate = self;
}
cell.indexpath = indexPath;
}
//delegate method
-(void)cellButtonClicked:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
//get the related data object for the cell using indexPath from your data source
}