UITableView cells delete ingloriously - ios

Question

I've been reading a lot about updating a UITableView after you remove rows by both IndexPath and the datasource, which it seems like comes down to [tableView startUpdates], run whatever update code you have, then [tableView endUpdates].
Despite following numerous examples to a T, and utilizing [tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:<indexPaths> withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationTop];
, I can't seem to make my rows delete in any way but what the following depicts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ov1FR0R4g&feature=youtu.be (essentially, if there are n > 1 rows, the row will simply blink out, and if there is n = 1 row, it will slide outward, stop, then disappear).
I'd really like a smoother behavior, like, perhaps, the row slides out, as the row slides up. Here's the code executing the deletion:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
int idx = [indexPath indexAtPosition:1];
LoLoanedItemDoc *itemDoc = [[self items] objectAtIndex:idx];
// Delete notification
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] cancelLocalNotification:[[itemDoc data] notification]];
[tableView beginUpdates];
[tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationTop];
// Remove from datasource
[[self items] removeObject:itemDoc];
[tableView endUpdates];
// Delete folder
[itemDoc deleteDoc];
}

Answer 1

I've done it two ways, both of which work for me.
Delete the item before you perform the updates.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
//Delete the item from the data source
[self removeProductFromQuoteAtIndexPath:indexPath];
//Do the updates
[tableView beginUpdates];
[tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
[tableView endUpdates];
}
}
// Override to support editing the table view.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
[shipping removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row - 1];
[tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
}
}
Are you performing any type of operation on the cell before it deletes? (like closing the drawer animation you have).