UITableViewCell expand animation? - ios

Question

I would like to make something like expandable cells. Result I'm trying to achieve is:
Actually I have:
Here is my code:
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
DoctorCell *cell = self.prototypeCell;
DoctorModel *doctor = [self.fetchController objectAtIndexPath:frcIndexPath];
// depending on isActive property I add (or do not add) some content.
[cell cellForDoctor:doctor isActiveCell:[self.activeCellIndexPath isEqual:indexPath]];
[cell setNeedsUpdateConstraints];
[cell setNeedsLayout];
[cell layoutIfNeeded];
CGFloat height = [cell.contentView systemLayoutSizeFittingSize:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize].height;
return height + 1;
}
Here is my cell selection method
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
NSIndexPath *oldIndexPath = self.activeCellIndexPath;
if ([indexPath isEqual:self.activeCellIndexPath]) {
self.activeCellIndexPath = nil;
oldIndexPath = nil;
} else {
self.activeCellIndexPath = indexPath;
}
[self.doctorTableView beginUpdates];
[self.doctorTableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:indexPath, oldIndexPath, nil] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
[self.doctorTableView endUpdates];
[self.doctorTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];
}
As you can see, my animation looks weird (kind of moving to wrong position, jumps, etc). What I'm doing wrong? Or do I need to pick another approach for expanding cells?

Answer 1

You can use UITableViews animation automation like this:
Call [tableView beginUpdates];
Change the data source.
Insert or delete rows and sections, or reload them
This should cause new heights to be calculated, etc.
Make sure you use something appropriate for the withRowAnimation parameter of these methods
Call [tableView endUpdates];
Your animation should now perform as expected.
Maybe your problem is that you selected UITableViewRowAnimationNone for the row animation.