Adding a delete button to UiTableViewCell - ios

Question

Since I am using a slide-out menu controller in my app - the swipe to delete on a UITablewViewCell no longer works as the pan gesture is used to open / close the side menu.
So, I was thinking about adding a delete button to show up on each cell all the time - so user can just tap delete to remove the cell.
I added this code to UItableView cellforRowAtIndexPath method:
/* Remove Button */
UIButton *removeButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
removeButton.frame = CGRectMake(200.0f, 5.0f, 75.0f, 30.0f);
[removeButton setTitle:#"Remove" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
removeButton.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.667 green:0.667 blue:0.667 alpha:1]; /*#aaaaaa*/
removeButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
[cell addSubview:removeButton];
[removeButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(removeItem:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
This adds the button and in the remove method I am not sure how to go about actually removing the correct cell.
Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Basically you need index for the cell which has to be deleted when delete is pressed.
you can set the tag property and when button is pressed you can check the tag propery of the button which is sending event.
see below code,
UIButton *removeButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
removeButton.tag = indexPath.row;
removeButton.frame = CGRectMake(200.0f, 5.0f, 75.0f, 30.0f);
[removeButton setTitle:#"Remove" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
removeButton.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.667 green:0.667 blue:0.667 alpha:1]; /*#aaaaaa*/
removeButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
[cell addSubview:removeButton];
[removeButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(removeItem:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
-(void) removeItem:(id) sender
{
UIButton *button = (UIButton*)sender;
int index = button.tag;
}

Answer 2

Try this,
- (IBAction)removeItem:(id)sender {
UIButton *button = (UIButton *)sender;
CGPoint pointInTable = [button convertPoint:button.bounds.origin toView:_tableView];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [_tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:pointInTable];
//Remove the cell at indexPath
}

Answer 3

//1. add tag to the button, for identifing later
removeButton.tag = indexPath.row;
//2. Get the cell
UITableViewCell *cellToBeDeleted = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:sender.tag];