IOS Auto resizing table cells w. expanding popdown menu (like tweetbot) - ios

Question

I know this is probably going to be one big headache, but it needs to be done. I finally got my tableview resizing cells as well as my label in such a way that all the text from each cell is displayed correctly.
NOTE: the comment & bump buttons are NOT the popdown menu I want to displayed when the cell is expanded , those 2 buttons should always be displayed , the menu i want to add would be a set of 4 buttons that would display under those buttons when the cell is expanded
But now I would like to add a pop down menu to each cell like tweetbot, shown below
But this is proving to be quite difficult due to how i am resizing the label using autolayout constraints. I came across this example of how to implement something similar to Tweetbot that seems pretty simple and practical on github here.
The problem is this example assumes all cells are the same size and that their is no dynamic sizing to the individual cells.
PublicFeedViewController.M
#import "PublicFeedViewController.h"
#import "FeedItemCell.h"
#import "AFNetworking.h"
#import "UIImageView+WebCache.h"
#import "InboxDetailViewController.h"
#import "SWRevealViewController.h"
#import "CommentsViewController.h"
#import "NSDate+TimeAgo.h"
#interface PublicFeedViewController (){
NSArray *NameLabel;
NSArray *StatusLabel;
NSMutableArray *feedArray;
}
#end
#implementation PublicFeedViewController
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//The below code prompts the user for push notifications. If allowed, code in AppDelegate takes over and stores the token.
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert)];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
self.FeedTable.dataSource=self;
self.FeedTable.delegate=self;
// Set the side bar button action. When it's tapped, it'll show up the sidebar.
_sidebarButton.target = self.revealViewController;
_sidebarButton.action = #selector(revealToggle:);
// Set the gesture
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:self.revealViewController.panGestureRecognizer];
AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
NSDictionary *parameters = #{#"foo": #"bar"};
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = TRUE;
[manager POST:#"http://" parameters:parameters success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
//NSLog(#"JSON: %#", responseObject);
self->feedArray = [responseObject objectForKey:#"feed"];
[self.FeedTable reloadData];
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = FALSE;
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
NSLog(#"Error: %#", error);
}];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
return 1;
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return feedArray.count;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
NSString *CellIdentifier=#"Cell";
FeedItemCell *Cell=[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if(!Cell){
Cell = [[FeedItemCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
NSLog(#"FEED ARRAY: %#", self->feedArray);
NSDictionary *tempDictionary= [self->feedArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// Display recipe in the table cell
NSString *thumb_img = [tempDictionary objectForKey:#"thumb_img"];
NSString *thumb_path=#"http://";
NSString *thumb_url = [thumb_path stringByAppendingString:thumb_img];
Cell.NameLabel.text=[tempDictionary objectForKey:#"first_name"];
Cell.StatusLabel.text=[tempDictionary objectForKey:#"message"];
Cell.msg_id=[tempDictionary objectForKey:#"msg_id"];
//Cell.status=[tempDictionary objectForKey:#"message"];
Cell.StatusLabel.lineBreakMode=0;
Cell.StatusLabel.numberOfLines=0;
NSString *commentCount = [tempDictionary objectForKey:#"comment_count"];
NSString *commentButtonText =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Comments ( %# )",commentCount];
[Cell.commentButton setTitle:commentButtonText forState: UIControlStateNormal];
NSString *bumpCount = [tempDictionary objectForKey:#"bump_count"];
NSString *bumpButtonText =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Bumps ( %# )",bumpCount];
[Cell.bumpButton setTitle:bumpButtonText forState: UIControlStateNormal];
//[Cell.StatusLabel sizeToFit];
NSString *created_string=[tempDictionary objectForKey:#"created"];
double created_double = created_string.doubleValue;
NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc] initWithTimeIntervalSince1970:created_double];
NSString *ago = [date timeAgo];
Cell.timeLabel.text=ago;
//Cell.DefaultImg.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"buhz_mini_logo.png"];
[Cell.DefaultImg setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:thumb_url]
placeholderImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#".png"]];
return Cell;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//Ideally you should do lazy loading so that instead of creating a new textView each time, you just reuse the same one.
UITextView *temp = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(82, 26, self.FeedTable.frame.size.width, 18)]; //This initial size doesn't matter
NSDictionary *tempDictionary= [self->feedArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSString *status = [tempDictionary objectForKey:#"message"];
temp.font =[UIFont fontWithName:#"System" size:12];
temp.text = status;
[temp isHidden];
CGFloat textViewWidth = 218;
CGRect tempFrame = CGRectMake(82,26,textViewWidth,18); //The height of this frame doesn't matter.
CGSize tvsize = [temp sizeThatFits:CGSizeMake(tempFrame.size.width, tempFrame.size.height)]; //This calculates the necessary size so that all the text fits in the necessary width.
//Add the height of the other UI elements inside your cell
return tvsize.height + 70;
}
#end
CUSTOM FeedItemCell.M
#import "FeedItemCell.h"
#import "WYPopoverController/WYPopoverController.h"
#import "WYPopoverController/WYStoryboardPopoverSegue.h"
#import "CommentsViewController.h"
#import "NSDate+TimeAgo.h"
#interface FeedItemCell() <WYPopoverControllerDelegate>
{
WYPopoverController* commentsPopoverController;
}
- (IBAction)open:(id)sender;
- (void)close:(id)sender;
#end
#implementation FeedItemCell
#synthesize commentButton;
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
-(IBAction)bump:(id)sender{
[self expand];
}
- (IBAction)open:(id)sender
{
[self showpopover:sender];
}
- (void)close:(id)sender
{
[commentsPopoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
commentsPopoverController.delegate = nil;
commentsPopoverController = nil;
}
-(void)expand
{
CGRect oldFrame = [self frame];
[self setFrame:CGRectMake( oldFrame.origin.x,
oldFrame.origin.y,
oldFrame.size.width,
oldFrame.size.height * 2)];
}
-(void)contract
{
CGRect oldFrame = [self frame];
[self setFrame:CGRectMake( oldFrame.origin.x,
oldFrame.origin.y,
oldFrame.size.width,
oldFrame.size.height / 2)];
}
- (IBAction)showpopover:(id)sender
{
if (commentsPopoverController == nil)
{
UIView *btn = (UIView*)sender;
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main" bundle:nil];
CommentsViewController *commentsViewController = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"Comments"];
commentsViewController.msg_id=_msg_id;
if ([commentsViewController respondsToSelector:#selector(setPreferredContentSize:)]) {
commentsViewController.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(300, 500); // iOS 7
}
else {
commentsViewController.contentSizeForViewInPopover = CGSizeMake(300, 500); // iOS < 7
}
commentsViewController.title = #"Comments";
[commentsViewController.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItem:[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:#selector(close:)]];
commentsViewController.modalInPopover = NO;
UINavigationController* contentViewController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:commentsViewController];
commentsPopoverController = [[WYPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:contentViewController];
commentsPopoverController.delegate = self;
commentsPopoverController.passthroughViews = #[btn];
commentsPopoverController.popoverLayoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsMake(10, 10, 10, 10);
commentsPopoverController.wantsDefaultContentAppearance = NO;
[commentsPopoverController presentPopoverFromRect:btn.bounds
inView:btn
permittedArrowDirections:WYPopoverArrowDirectionNone
animated:YES
options:WYPopoverAnimationOptionFadeWithScale];
}
else
{
[self close:nil];
}
}
- (BOOL)popoverControllerShouldDismissPopover:(WYPopoverController *)controller
{
return YES;
}
- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(WYPopoverController *)controller
{
if (controller == commentsPopoverController)
{
commentsPopoverController.delegate = nil;
commentsPopoverController = nil;
}
}
#end