I have a table view with 5 sections and I have set the tableview selection to multiple. Each section have different number of rows. What I want is to set that the user can select only one cell from each section(in my table user can select any number of cells).
ex: 5 cells from 5 sections.
It should be impossible to select more than one cell from any section. If user select another cell from same section, previously selected cell should be deselected. How can I do this. This is a sample implementation of didSelectRowAtIndexPath.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
HoteldetalcelloneTableViewCell *cellone = (HoteldetalcelloneTableViewCell *)[self.detailtableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
HoteldetailcelltwoTableViewCell *celltwo = (HoteldetailcelltwoTableViewCell *)[self.detailtableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
//I have implement for two sections to test.
if(indexPath.section == 0)
{
HotelDetailsone *secone = [roomonearray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
HoteldetailsforBooking *book = [HoteldetailsforBooking new];
if([secone.offerallow isEqualToString:@"True"])
{
celltwo.selectedsignLabel.hidden = NO;
}
else
{
cellone.selectedsignLabelone.hidden = NO;
}
// [self.detailtableView reloadData];
NSLog(@"price for room 1 : %@", secone.itempriceText);
}
else
{
HotelDetailsone *sectwo = [roomtwoarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
HoteldetailsforBooking *book = [HoteldetailsforBooking new];
if([sectwo.offerallow isEqualToString:@"True"])
{
celltwo.selectedsignLabel.hidden = NO;
}
else
{
cellone.selectedsignLabelone.hidden = NO;
}
// [self.detailtableView reloadData];
NSLog(@"price for room 1 : %@", sectwo.itempriceText);
}
}
You need to keep track on the selection of cell. So you need to store selected indexpath
in array.
in ViewController.h
declare property like this
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSMutableDictionary *selectionData;
Now in ViewController.m
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.selectionData=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
TestTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"mycell"];
if ([self.selectionData objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",(long)indexPath.section] ] != nil) {
NSMutableArray *sectionData=[[self.selectionData objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",(long)indexPath.section]] mutableCopy];
if (![sectionData containsObject:[NSNumber numberWithLong:indexPath.row]])
{
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
cell.numberlabel.text = @"2";
}
else
{
cell.numberlabel.text = @"***";
cell.accessoryType=UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
}
}
else
{
cell.numberlabel.text = @"2";
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
}
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSLog(@"selected section :%li ---> selected row :%li",(long)indexPath.section, (long)indexPath.row);
[self handleSelectionForSection:indexPath.section row:indexPath.row];
[self.tablev reloadData];
}
-(void)handleSelectionForSection:(long)sectionIndex row:(long)rowIndex
{
if ([self.selectionData objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",sectionIndex] ] != nil) {
NSMutableArray *sectionData=[[self.selectionData objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",sectionIndex]] mutableCopy];
if (![sectionData containsObject:[NSNumber numberWithLong:rowIndex]])
{
//removing previous selected rows
[sectionData removeAllObjects];
[sectionData addObject:[NSNumber numberWithLong:rowIndex]];
[self.selectionData setObject:sectionData forKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",sectionIndex]];
}
else
{
//cell you tapped is already selected,
// you can deselect it by removing object
//if you dont want to deselect it comment following lines
[sectionData removeObject:[NSNumber numberWithLong:rowIndex]];
[self.selectionData setObject:sectionData forKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",sectionIndex]];
}
}
else
{
//section key not available so we need to create it
NSMutableArray *sectionData=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
[sectionData addObject:[NSNumber numberWithLong:rowIndex]];
[self.selectionData setObject:sectionData forKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",sectionIndex]];
}
NSLog(@"All Selection : %@",self.selectionData);
}
Your numberOfRowsInSection
, numberOfSectionsInTableView
and titleForHeaderInSection
will remain same.
Let me know if you have any query.
You can set selection
property of tableview from interface builder. Select your tableview in IB and then select attribute inspector and set
single selectionto
selection` property like below screenshot.
Or you can set programattically,
self.tableView.allowsMultipleSelection = NO;
Update :
If you want single selection per section then you can implement willSelectRowAtIndexPath
as below,
- (NSIndexPath*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath {
for ( NSIndexPath* selectedIndexPath in tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows ) {
if ( selectedIndexPath.section == indexPath.section )
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:selectedIndexPath animated:NO] ;
}
return indexPath ;
}
In this case you should allow multiple selection in tableview
i think.
Reference : Answer of John Sauer
Looks like you are updating celltwo / cellone selectedsignLabel.hidden on table selection. so @Lion solution will not working. You have to save the last selected index using below code :
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary *selectedIndexPathDict;
// in viewDidLoad:
self.tableView.allowsMultipleSelection = YES;
self.selectedIndexPathDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
//In table view delegate.
- (NSIndexPath*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath {
NSString *indexSection = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", (long)indexPath.section];
NSIndexPath *indexPath1 = self.selectedIndexPathDict[indexSection];
if ( indexPath1) {
HotelDetailsone *secone = [roomonearray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
secone.offerallow ^= YES; //toggle bool value
// update new selected index path.
[self.selectedIndexPathDict setObject:indexPath forKey:indexSection];
//reload previous selected cell.
dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(0.5 * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(),^{
[tableView beginUpdates];
[tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:@[indexPath1] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
[tableView endUpdates];
});
} else {
//initialise selected index path
self.selectedIndexPathDict[indexSection] = indexPath;
}
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO] ;
return indexPath ;
}
I have not update the complete working code. But this is the way to achieve. You can also use the userdefault instead of self.selectedIndexPathDict.