Is there any way to hide "-" (Delete) button while editing UITableView - ios

Question

On my iphone app, I have a UITableView in edit mode, where user is allowed only to reorder the rows no delete permission is given.
So is there any way where I can hide "-" red button from TableView. Please let me know.
Thanks

Answer 1

Here is my complete solution, without indentation (0left align) of the cell!
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return YES;
}
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone;
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableview shouldIndentWhileEditingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return NO;
}
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableview canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return YES;
}

Answer 2

Swift 5 equivalent to accepted answer with just the needed funcs:
extension YourViewController: UITableViewDelegate {
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, shouldIndentWhileEditingRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return false
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editingStyleForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell.EditingStyle {
return .none
}
}

Answer 3

This stops indentation:
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableview shouldIndentWhileEditingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return NO;
}

Answer 4

I faced a similar problem where I wanted custom checkboxes to appear in Edit mode but not the '(-)' delete button.
Stefan's answer steered me in the correct direction.
I created a toggle button and added it as an editingAccessoryView to the Cell and wired it to a method.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
....
// Configure the cell...
UIButton *checkBoxButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 40.0f, 32.0f)];
[checkBoxButton setTitle:#"O" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[checkBoxButton setTitle:#"√" forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[checkBoxButton addTarget:self action:#selector(checkBoxButtonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
cell.editingAccessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
cell.editingAccessoryView = checkBoxButton;
return cell;
}
- (void)checkBoxButtonPressed:(UIButton *)sender {
sender.selected = !sender.selected;
}
Implemented these delegate methods
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableview shouldIndentWhileEditingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return NO;
}
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone;
}

Answer 5

When you only want to hide the (-) dot while editing but you may want to keep the deleting functionality for the users you implement it like so in your UITableViewDelegate protocol conforming class
- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (self.editing) return UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone;
return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
}