How to remove cell from static UITableView created in Storyboard - ios

Question

This should be easy, but I'm having trouble.
I have a static UITableView with a cell that I would like to remove programmatically if it's not needed.
I have a IBOutlet for it
IBOutlet UITableViewCell * cell15;
And I can remove it by calling
cell15.hidden = true;
This hides it, but leaves a blank space where the cell used to be and I can't get rid of it.
Perhaps a hack would be to change the height of it to 0?
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath
{
//what would I put here?
}
Thanks so much!

Answer 1

You can't really deal with this in the datasource since with static tables you don't even implement the datasource methods. The height is the way to go.
Try this:
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if (cell == cell15 && cell15ShouldBeHidden) //BOOL saying cell should be hidden
return 0.0;
else
return [super tableView:tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}
Update
It appears that, under autolayout, this may not be the best solution. There is an alternative answer here which may help.

Answer 2

You can use tableView:willDisplayCell and tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath with the cell identifier to show/hide static tableview cells, but yo must implement heightForRowAtIndexPath referring to super, not to self. These two methods work fine for me:
(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if ([cell.reuseIdentifier.description isEqualToString:#"cellCelda1"]) {
[cell setHidden:YES];
}
}
and
(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if ([cell.reuseIdentifier.description isEqualToString:#"cellCelda1"]) {
return 0;
}
return cell.frame.size.height;
}

Answer 3

Depending on how your table is supposed to work, in your data source you can implement tableView:numberOfRowsInSection: to return 0 rows for the section based on your necessary logic.
Updated for your comment:
The section parameter will be populated by iOS when your implementation is called so all you need is a switch to handle the section that has the row you ant removed/hidden. Example below:
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
switch(section) {
case 0: // first section of your table, change for your situation
return 0;
default:
return 0;
}
}

Answer 4

It for only constant cell
-(void)tableViewSearchPeopleCellHide:(BOOL)hide{
searchCellShouldBeHidden=hide;
UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:1 inSection:0]];
[self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:1 inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];
cell.hidden=hide;
self.searchPeople.hidden=hide;//UILabel
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if (searchCellShouldBeHidden) //BOOL saying cell should be hidden
return 0.0;
else
return [super tableView:tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}

Answer 5

The first thing you can do is tag the cell from storyboard which you want to hide.
Put some standard number which you can identify.
Add this code.
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if (cell.tag==10) { //I have put 10 for some static cell.
cell.hidden=YES;
return 0;
}
cell.hidden = NO;
return [super tableView:tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}

Answer 6

Set the cell you want to hide to hidden somewhere in your code. Add this code: (If your cell has different row height, then you need to override more functions)
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
int rowCount=0;
for ( int row=0; row<[super tableView:tableView numberOfRowsInSection:section]; ++row){
NSIndexPath* path=[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:row inSection:section];
UITableViewCell* cell=[super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:path];
if (!cell.hidden){
++rowCount;
}
}
return rowCount;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
int realRow=-1;
for ( int row=0; row<[super tableView:tableView numberOfRowsInSection:indexPath.section]; ++row){
NSIndexPath* path=[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:row inSection:indexPath.section];
UITableViewCell* cell=[super tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:path];
if (!cell.hidden){
++realRow;
}
if (realRow==indexPath.row)
return cell;
}
return nil;
}

Answer 7

Use index path to identify the cell in tableview height delegate and return 0
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
if someCondition {
if indexPath.row == 1 || indexPath.row == 2 || indexPath.row == 3 {
return 0
}
}else{
if indexPath.row == 4 {
return 0
}
}
return super.tableView(tableView, heightForRowAt: indexPath)
}