iOS Custom button in table cell gets dimmed when highlighted - ios

I have a button added to a UITableViewCell, at the end. When highlighted, I have a custom highlight layer with transparency on the end. However, the button still gets dimmed, though it's still working. But the user can get the idea it has become inactive. I would like the button to stay as it is, even as the cell is highlighted. I would like to understand why and how the button gets dimmed, even if the highlight layer has full transparency there.

UIButton in UITableViewCell
overriding some stuff to fix this.
I tried, but I don't know how to get 'yourButton' to be the button that is in the cell?

This finds the button and sets its highlighted state to NO.
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
for(UIView *views in cell.subviews)
{
if(views.tag == indexPath.row){
for(UIButton *deKnop in views.subviews)
{
deKnop.highlighted = NO;
}
}
//if ( [views isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]] ) {
//do your code
//[subviews setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"PENCIL.png"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
//}
}

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cellForRowAtIndexPath method custom button show 2 time

I used this code in cellForRowAtIndexPath method. When I click on button or scroll table this button is shown two times. Why is this button shown 2 times please help me?
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[trashbtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"editor_trash"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[trashbtn addTarget:self action:#selector(DeleteMyAssociate:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[trashbtn setTag:indexPath.row];
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You should firstly add a UITableViewCell within your table in IB. Then give an identifier e.g. "MyCellIdentifier" to that cell. Still on IB, add your outlets, to that cell e.g. the button, the textFields... You can initially set the button to be invisible. Then in the method cellForRowAtIndexPath, you do:
- (UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"MyCellIdentifier"];
if(cell){
myButton.hidden = NO; //
myTextField.text = #"BlaBlaBla";
}
}
Hey I can give you a suggestion that use auto layout and storyboard to add button rather than adding it programmatically. That is more better and cleaner approach.
The problem you are facing is that cells are reused in tableviews, So the first time you create a button and add it to the cell, it appears once. But if it is dequeued, it already has the button, so when you add another one you end up with multiple buttons.
There are two ways to correct this.
Firstly, remove the button in the cell's prepareForReuse method, which is called just after the cell is reused.
Secondly, avoid creating custom views in the cellForTableView... method. Use a custom cell that already has the button. Now, you may ask, how do I hook up the action for the button if I do it this way? You can either provide a delegate method for your cell that calls back to your view controller, or you can pass your cell a block to perform when the button is clicked.
as far as i can get u already have a custom cell.. add a button to existing cell and create an IbOutlet for the same in customCell.h file
then in cellForRowAtIndexPath method access the button using its IBOutlet
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
customCell *cell =(customCell*) [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"customCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell.btn setTitle:#"blabla" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[cell.btn setTag:indexPath.row];
[cell.btn addTarget:self action:#selector(method:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
if(condition)
{
cell.btn.hidden=YES;
}
else
{
cell.btn.hidden = NO;
}
return cell;
}
Do not forget to register for the customCell class in your ViewController class
[tableName registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:#"customCell" bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"customCell"];
you can hide or unhide the button as per your requirements as well as add different actions to the button in each class.
Happy Coding..!!
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Button tag in table view resets?

I put a tableview in my storyboard, and filled the cell with a button with "0" as the tag. I populated the tableview using an array. Let's just say I have 20 elements in my array, that makes it 20 cells on the tableview. This is the code I'm using to give tags to the button on each cell.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (tableView == _tblCart) {
static NSString *cellIdentifier = #"CartCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
UIButton *btn = (UIButton *)[cell viewWithTag:0];
[btn setTag:indexPath.row];
[btn addTarget:self action:#selector(logTag:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
return cell;
}
return nil;
}
I thought my code will work just fine, but actually there is something wrong. On cell 0-5, the button tag is correct. On the following cell the tag will reset again to 0. What am I doing wrong?
There is also another logic problem here, you are reusing table cells, some of which you've changed the tag of the button to something other than 0. So if you get a reused tablecell, there will come a time that the UIButton won't have a tag of zero and therefore you won't be able to change it correctly.
Don't set 0 as a tag identifier to views.
All UIViews have a tag by default 0.
So
[cell viewWithTag:0];
probably will return the contentView of the cell.
Both Flexicoder and l0gg3r are correct. Also, relying on button's tag as row identifier is a bit of a clunky workaround in my opinion. Consider this approach:
- (void)logTag:(UIButton *)sender {
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [_tblCart indexPathForRowAtPoint:[_tblCart convertPoint:sender.center fromView:sender]];
// do your stuff knowing which indexPath the button belongs to
}

UITableViewCell weird behavior

Hello I have recently met up with a problem on UITableViewCell
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"ContentCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
CloseButton *cButton = (CloseButton *)[cell viewWithTag:20];
[cButton addTarget:self action:#selector(deleteDetector:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
...
return cell;
}
Later, on my delete detector:
-(void)deleteDetector:(id)sender {
CloseButton *cButton = (CloseButton *)sender;
[cButton setHidden:YES];
}
When I start scrolling down to like 1000 cells, the buttons start to appear and some of them starts to disappear.
Ok, so if I understand your question correctly, I assume what's going on is:
You are pressing the button on a cell, which makes the button hidden. Then, you scroll further down, and another cell appears with the button already hidden (even though you haven't pressed the button for that row yet).
This is because your cells are actually being reused, meaning that when one of the cells that has already has the button hidden gets reused, that button will still be hidden (as it is actually the same cell). The 'quick fix' to prove this is to unhide the button in your tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: method, like so:
[cButton setHidden:NO];
Do this somewhere after this, obviously:
CloseButton *cButton = (CloseButton *)[cell viewWithTag:20];
This should prevent cells appearing with the button hidden when they shouldn't. However, it will also mean that if you press the button on a cell, and it then goes off screen and comes back on, it will also then show the button again, when you probably don't want it to. You'll have to keep a track of which rows you have pressed the button on in your model somewhere if you don't want that to happen.

clicking button on tableviewcell clicks cell not button

I have simply dragged a custom style button to a cell in storyboards. The problem is that when I press the button, it clicks the cell and not the button.
What could cause this?
Do I need to increase the click area? If so how?
Do I need to bring the button to the front? If so how?
Thanks!
My cell for row at index path looks like:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
MainUserViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell initWithStyle:nil reuseIdentifier:nil];
[cell.descrlptionLabel sizeToFit];
[cell.userNameButton addTarget:self action:#selector(userNameClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
return cell;
}
No need for the initWithStyle line in your method. You should eliminate it.
[cell initWithStyle:nil reuseIdentifier:nil];
The cell is dequeued and should already be ready and initialized. You are working with storyboard, obviously, so the dequeue method is guaranteed to return a valid cell, auto-creating it if necessary.
This is most likely messing things up.
Some more things to check: Make sure the button is topmost in your story board file (i.e. the bottom item in the list on the left). Your resizing of the label could cover it otherwise. Also, make sure you did not accidentally set userInteractionEnabled to NO.

how to detect a cell in uicollectionview didselect delegate method

I am building an app similar to iPhone photo app. I am able to show the images in a grid like view using PSUICollectionView. When I tap on a grid cell of collection view a checkbox image should appear. My problem is when I am using following code, I see that multiple random cells are being populated with check box images.
- (void)collectionView:(PSUICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSLog(#"%# - %d", NSStringFromSelector(_cmd), indexPath.item);
ImageGridCell *cell = (ImageGridCell *)[collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
UIButton *chkboxBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[chkboxBtn setFrame:CGRectMake(60, 60, 30, 30)];
[chkboxBtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Checkmark-iPhone.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[cell addSubview:chkboxBtn];
}
The problem is likely your custom cell has not implemented the prepareForReuse method. As a cell is reused, it may or may not have the check box, depending on if the check box was added on a previous use.
Several ways to address this. One simple way is to add a tag to the ckhboxBtn, and then remove the chkboxBton in the prepareForReuse method. E.g., when adding the check box, add the following:
[chkboxBtn setTag:100];
Then in your UICollectionViewCell class implementation, add/expand the prepareForReuse method:
-(void)prepareForReuse{
[[self viewWithTag:100] removeFromSuperview];
}

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