How to check if selected cell got reselected - ios

Question

I have a custom UITableViewCell, and I it expands on selection. What I want to do is make the cells height go back to normal (44), if the cell that was selected was reselected. Here is my code:
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if ([indexPath isEqual:self.selectedCell] && ![[tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] isEqual:indexPath]) {
return 100;
}
return 44;
}
The code works fine, but it seems to be ignoring the 2nd term in the if statement. Apparently I'm doing it wrong. Is there a way to fix it?

Answer 1

I don't know why you compare cell with indexPath.
[indexPath isEqual:self.selectedCell]
If you just want expand selected cell.
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if ([[tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] isEqual:indexPath])
{
return 100;
}
return 44;
}
UITableViewDelegate has deselect method
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
You need reload cell in this delegate
[tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];

Answer 2

You need to store that particular index path in array to indicate that it is expanded Lets say you had selected 5 row that store that row number in an array, and reload that row after selecting it
Here is small code snippet that can help you to achieve this
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if([_arrExpandedRows containsObject:indexPath.row]){
[_arrExpandedRows removeObject:indexPath.row];
}else{
// [_arrExpandedRows removeAllObjects]; // IF you only want to make it work for single row
[_arrExpandedRows addObject:indexPath.row];
}
[tableView reloadData];
}
And in your heightForRowAtIndexPath
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if([_arrExpandedRows containsObject:indexPath.row]){
{
return 100;
}
return 44;
}
So what will it do if your array contains object of expanded row it will make reduce its row height and back to 44 and if not it will make it back to 100.
And above code will also work for multiple rows to expand and collapse at same time.

Answer 3

I think what you want is unselect cell when tap on a selected cell.
Store selectedIndexPath and compare in delegate
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if ([selectedIndexPath isEqual:indexPath])
{
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:1];
}
else
{
selectedIndexPath = indexPath;
}
[tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
}

Answer 4

You can do something like this:
#interface ViewController () <UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate>
#property (nonatomic, strong) UITableView* tableView;
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray* selectedIndexPaths;
#end
<...>
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell* cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CELL_ID];
cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%i", (int)indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
#pragma mark UITableViewDelegate
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
CGFloat height = 44.0;
if ([_selectedIndexPaths containsObject:indexPath])
{
height = 100;
}
return height;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{//store or remove selected indexPaths
if ([_selectedIndexPaths containsObject:indexPath])
{
[_selectedIndexPaths removeObject:indexPath];
}
else
{
[_selectedIndexPaths addObject:indexPath];
}
[self.tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
}