iOS edit table view not working - ios

Question

I'm fairly new to this and am stuck on a problem. I can't get the ability to edit a table view i've created...
I have a button on the top right corner of the app that says "Edit" and - (IBAction)editTable:(id)sender, I've tried numerous attempts to get to edit this list I've created...
#implementation XYZViewController
#synthesize animalNames;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//create array called animal names
animalNames = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:
#"Cow",
#"Dog",
#"Cat",
#"Dear",
#"Penguin",
#"Lion",
#"Leapord",
#"Eal",
#"Snake",
#"Moth",
#"Cheetah",
#"Turtle"
, nil];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [self.animalNames count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *identifier = #"MainCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text = [self.animalNames objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
- (IBAction)editTable:(id)sender
{
NSLog(#"Editing");
[super setEditing:TRUE];
[self.tableView setEditing:TRUE];
self.editing = YES;
}
#end
Using Xcode 5.

Answer 1

You need to implement following methods to support table view editing:
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// Return NO if you do not want the specified item to be editable.
return YES;
}
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView shouldIndentWhileEditingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return NO;
}

Answer 2

You should declare animalNames as NSMutableArray as you are going edit it. Then you need to override some delegate methods to perform edit in tableview.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)sourceIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)destinationIndexPath{
NSString *sourceItem = _animalNames[sourceIndexPath.row];
[_animalNames removeObjectAtIndex:sourceIndexPath.row];
[_animalNames insertObject:sourceItem atIndex:destinationIndexPath.row];
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
return YES;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete){
[_animalNames removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[_tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:#[indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
}
}
You can stop editing in editTable method like
- (IBAction)editTable:(id)sender
UIBarButtonItem *button = (UIBarButtonItem *)sender;
if ([button.title isEqualToString:#"Edit"]) {
button.title = #"Done";
[self.tableView setEditing:TRUE];
} else {
button.title = #"Edit";
[self.tableView setEditing:NO];
}
}
Hope this will help you

Answer 3

To edit the table view you need to call
[self.tableView setEditing:YES animated:YES]; on the table which you are using then
You have to implement the delegate method
tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath:
method to enable the deleting of rows. In order to delete the rows you need to use
Then Do this..
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//Remove the object at the index we need to delete
[YourTableArray removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
//Delete the rows at the Indexpath.
[YourTable deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:indexPath, nil] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];
[reminder_table reloadData];
//Set the table to editing NO.
[YourTable setEditing:NO animated:YES];
}
Please find below link for your reference
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/TableView_iPhone/ManageInsertDeleteRow/ManageInsertDeleteRow.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007451-CH10-SW19