How to delete rows from UITableView without animation in IOS - ios

I have an accordion type of UITableView that works but I just need to adjust the animation slightly. When a row is clicked a method is called that deletes the rows that are showing then adds the new rows to show. I don't want to animate the rows being deleted. I only want to animate the part when the rows are being added. I can use [UIView setAnimationsEnabled:NO]; to turn off the animation all together but I just want to turn it off for the deleting part.
[self.unitListTableView beginUpdates];
[self.unitListTableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:delete withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationTop];
[self.unitListTableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:added withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
[self.unitListTableView endUpdates];
Any help appreciated.

Call reloadData on your table view and it updates without any animation.

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insertRowsAtIndexPaths with 2 animations

I am currently inserting cells in my UITableView with the following code:
[rottenTableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:indexPathsToInsert withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationTop];
It does the job correctly with the animation UITableViewRowAnimationTop. However, I would like to insert the cells with 2 animations at the same time (UITableViewRowAnimationTop and UITableViewRowAnimationFade). I tried the following:
[rottenTableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:indexPathsToInsert withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimationTop|UITableViewRowAnimationFade)];
This code does not seem to animate insertion any differently than before. Any way to perform both animations?
As far as I know, when you use -insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation: there could be only one animation type for a single cell simultaneously. But I could suggest using different animation types for different cells at the same time. For this you can use batch UITableView cell's updation via using beginUpdates/endUpdates. All the animations will fire at the same time, you can use it like this:
[tableView beginUpdates];
[tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths1 withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];
[tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths2 withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationOTHER];
[tableView endUpdates];
For details check this: Batch Insertion, Deletion, and Reloading of Rows and Sections.
Also check this question about custom insertion animations: Can you do custom animations for UITableView Cell Inserts?

When reloading a UITableView section, all sections flash

I'm using a UITableViewController, and am using:
[self.tableView reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:sectionNumber] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
to reload an individual section of the tableview (to animate the insertion of new cells). The issue is that all of the sections, and their cells, flash white briefly every time this call is made. This does not occur if I use
[self.tableview reloadData];
but does occur no matter which row animation I use.
I'm aware that I can use insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:, but I currently have a race condition that doesn't allow me to use that. I will, at some point, fix that, but in the meantime I would like to know why all sections cells flash while I'm reloading a single section. In addition, if I can turn off the flash and just animate the insertion / deletion of cells, that would be ideal.
I believe that it flashes because when you reload a specific section, it still has to recalculate the size of all the visible sections. Hence the flash. Without using insertion/deletion (because it knows the table will only change by one), you can't get past that.
If you are just trying this in the simulator though, it is possible that the flash will either disappear or be less noticeable when loaded on an actual device.
May be it's too late. But it could help someone.
Obj-c:
[UIView performWithoutAnimation:^{
[self.tableView reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:[indexPath section]] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
}];
Swift 5:
UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
self.tableView.reloadSections(NSIndexSet(index: indexPath.section), with: .none)
}

Middle animation in grouped table view looks horrible

I've found similar question, but there is no answer (sorry, answer just doesn't work).
So I have grouped table and I want to animate content update instead of doing [tableView reloadData].
I do that by using this piece of code:
// Data source already updated here, but reloadData wasn't called
[self.tableView beginUpdates];
[self.tableView reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:0] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationMiddle];
[self.tableView endUpdates];
I uploaded 2 examples of the animation:
Plain: http://cl.ly/3u1M3l1w3V3J (slow motion)
Grouped: http://cl.ly/1O3Z2M280n0z (slow motion)
As you can see difference is huge.
I don't change my code at all, just change tableView style in the storyboard.
Does it men that there is no other way then subclassing UITableView and UITableViewCell and implement my very own animation using CoreAnimation?
Implementing your own animation with CoreAnimation shouldn't be necessary when it comes to animating the rows of the table.
UITableView supports much more advanced animations than simply reloading a section and I suggest that you take a look at them.
Since you are shuffling the rows in your videos you should take a look at moveRowAtIndexPath:toIndexPath: (on UITableView). You put the calls to it within beginUpdates and endUpdates.
By knowing the order before and after the re-shuffle you can move all the rows into their new places and have them slide into their correct place.
It will take some thinking to figure out where each row should go but it will be much easier than rolling your completely custom solution.

deleteRowsAtIndexPaths without animation

I got an app with a UITTableView. This table is updatable. And when in the next update the number of rows are less than in previous version, i implement the UITableView's method - deleteRowsAtIndexPaths.
I do it in this way:
[table beginUpdates];
[table deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:indexPaths withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
[table reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:indexPathsReload withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
[table endUpdates];
But when i implement this code there are animations. And this animation is really bad. A lot of black leaks. But i did write - withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone in both methods: delete and reload.
Why? How can i reload and delete rows without animation?
Usually the way this is done is by modifying the data source of the table, and calling reloadData on the table.
maybe you try to work with NSMutableArray (delete row by removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row) in TableView and reload the whole tableview by using [tableView reloadData] ?
You can try to make that "gesture" out of the table,and try reload table
Unlike what the name suggests *UITableViewRowAnimationNone* doesn't help at all.
Maybe setting the alpha on the cell works as suggested here. Not sure though.
problems with animation when deleting the last row of a TableView in ios7

UITableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths performing animation when it shouldn't

I'm using a UITableView in my iOS app, and have been seeing a strange issue recently.
Suppose my table is structured as follows:
section 1 header
row
section 2 header
section 3 header
row
row
...
(Note that section 2 has no rows)
I'm performing updates to the rows in my table via
[self.tv beginUpdates];
[self.tv reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:ip withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
[self.tv endUpdates];
I don't want any animations taking place. I just want the row to update. The issue is that this strategy works for every row and section in the my table except section 3, row 1: the first row of the last section. When I update this row (which is indeed using the correct indexPaths), rather than get no animation, the row does this little jump, like it's sliding in a new row to replace the old one or something. The row slides up ever so slightly, then back down, as if I was inserting a row. I'm guessing it has something to do with the header calculations, but I do return correct values for heightForHeaderInSection.
Has anyone seen this behavior?
I wonder if the beginUpdates and endUpdates are necessary in this reload only scenario.
I had the same problem. The solution was to fetch the cell from the table using:
UITableViewCell* cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]
and then refresh it manually using a custom setup method or by simply calling:
[cell setNeedsLayout]
For more info, see:
UITableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths graphical glitch

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