Create editable UITextView inside a UITableViewController cell - ios

Question

I created a uitextview inside a uitableviewcontroller programatically but i am unable to edit the textview. Here's an overview to my table layout:
Row1: UILabel
Row2: Uneditable UITextview
Row3: UILabel
Row4: Editable UITextview
Here's what i am doing:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UILabel *label = nil;
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if(indexPath.row%2==0)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, cell.frame.size.width, 50)];
[label setBackgroundColor:[self.cellBackgroundColor objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
[label setText:[self.celltitle objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
label.font=[UIFont fontWithName:[self.cellFontName objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] size:[[self.cellFontSize objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] integerValue]];
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;
[[cell contentView] addSubview:label];
}
else{
UITextView *messageBox= [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, cell.frame.size.width, 150)];
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
cell.userInteractionEnabled=YES;
if(indexPath.row==3)
{
[messageBox setEditable:YES];
[messageBox setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
messageBox.delegate=self;
messageBox.editable=YES;
}
[cell.contentView addSubview: messageBox];
}
return cell;}
I have also set textviewdelegate in header file and textviewshouldbeginediting method but row4 textview is still not editable... Any help?

Answer 1

In addition to making the messageBox setEditable and setUserInteractionEnabled, you ALSO have to make sure those properties are enabled in your UITableViewController as well since the UITextView is nested within it!
[tableView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[cell setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[messageBox setEditable:YES];
[messageBox setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
(*Note, your tableView and TableViewCell both have the same name from this function so I would put that code elsewhere but I added it above just incase)

Answer 2

Try this.. May be it will help you..Its working for me
if(indexPath.row==3)
{
messageBox.delegate=self;
[messageBox setEditable:YES];
[messageBox setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
messageBox.editable=YES;
[cell addSubview: messageBox];
}

Answer 3

I tried your code..Its working for me.. see the changes bellow
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UILabel *label = nil;
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (nil == cell)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if(indexPath.row%2==0)
{
label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, cell.frame.size.width, 50)];
[label setBackgroundColor:[self.cellBackgroundColor objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
[label setText:[self.celltitle objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
label.font=[UIFont fontWithName:[self.cellFontName objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] size:[[self.cellFontSize objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] integerValue]];
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;
[[cell contentView] addSubview:label];
}
else{
UITextView *messageBox= [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, cell.frame.size.width, 100)];
cell.userInteractionEnabled=YES;
if(indexPath.row==1)
{
// Uneditable UITextview
messageBox.editable=NO;
}
[cell.contentView addSubview: messageBox];
}
}
return cell;
}

Answer 4

You have to initialize the cell´s content view before using it. Try this:
cell.contentView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,cell.frame.size.width, 150)];