iOS - Custom AccessoryView not showing in UITableViewCell - ios

Question

I have tried to show a custom view with an accept button and decline button (as subviews) in a table view cell. I have the following code implemented:
tableView: cellForRowAtIndexPath: method
...
if ([status isEqualToString:#"pending"] || [status isEqualToString:#"declined"]){
cell.accessoryView = [self setAccessoryViewForCell:cell];
} else {
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
}
...
- (UIView *)setAccessoryViewForCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell
{
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(192, 0, 128, 44)];
UIButton *acceptButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(2, 5, 60, 34)];
UIButton *declineButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(66, 5, 60, 34)];
[acceptButton setTitle:#"A" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[declineButton setTitle:#"D" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[acceptButton addTarget:self action:#selector(acceptButtonTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[declineButton addTarget:self action:#selector(declineButtonTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[view addSubview:acceptButton];
[view addSubview:declineButton];
return view;
}
I have tried to debug it, but the methods are called appropriately.

Answer 1

Finally, the problem was not in the cellForRowAtIndexPath: method, but in the setAccessoryViewForCell: method. When creating a view for containing two buttons as subviews I really should not have used literal values for the frames. Instead of setting a view for accessoryView property, I rewrote the whole cellForRowAtIndexPath: method and added a subview to the cell's contentView.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *identifier = #"notificationsCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifier];
if (!cell){
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:identifier];
}
PFObject *user = [self.objects objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSString *firstName = [user objectForKey:#"firstName"];
NSString *lastName = [user objectForKey:#"lastName"];
cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#", firstName, lastName];
UIView *view = [UIView new];
view.frame = CGRectMake(230, 2, 80, 40);
view.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
UIButton *acceptButton = [UIButton buttonwithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
UIButton *declineButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[acceptButton setTitle:#"" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[declineButton setTitle:#"" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[acceptButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Ok.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[declineButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Close.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[acceptButton addTarget:self action:#selector(acceptButtonTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[declineButton addTarget:self action:#selector(declineButtonTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
acceptButton.frame = CGRectMake(CGRectGetMinX(view.bounds), CGRectGetMinY(view.bounds), CGRectGetWidth(view.bounds)/2, CGRectGetHeight(view.bounds));
declineButton.frame = CGRectMake(CGRectGetMidX(view.bounds), CGRectGetMinY(view.bounds), CGRectGetWidth(view.bounds)/2, CGRectGetHeight(view.bounds));
[view addSubview:acceptButton];
[view addSubview:declineButton];
[cell.contentView addSubview:view];
return cell;
}
The main difference was that when setting the frames for each button, I used literal values (not a good practice) and now I used the CGRect functions CGRectGetMinX(CGRect rect), CGRectGetMinY(CGRect rect), CGRectGetWidth(CGRect rect), CGRectGetMidX(CGRect rect) and CGRectGetHeight(CGRect rect) to get more accurate values for setting each button's frame. This was a misunderstanding of how a UIView's frames work, I recommend always to use these functions to get the origin and size of subviews and not to use literal values.

Answer 2

The problem appeared to be you are not returning the UIView from setAccessoryViewForCell method.
return view;
Please return the view from the mentioned method, it might solve your problem.