Swipe to Delete and the “More” button (like in Mai

Question

How to create a "more" button when user swipe a cell in table view (like mail app in ios 7)

I have been looking for this information both here and in the Cocoa Touch forum, but I cannot seem to find the answer and I am hoping someone smarter than myself can give me a solution.

I would like that when the user swipes a table view cell, to display more than one editing button (he default is the delete button). In the Mail app for iOS 7 you can swipe to delete, but there is a "MORE" button that shows up.

Answer 1

For swift programming

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, commitEditingStyle editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
  if editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Delete {
    deleteModelAt(indexPath.row)
    self.tableView.deleteRowsAtIndexPaths([indexPath], withRowAnimation: .Automatic)
  }
  else if editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Insert {
    println("insert editing action")
  }
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [AnyObject]? {
  var archiveAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Default, title: "Archive",handler: { (action: UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath: NSIndexPath!) in
        // maybe show an action sheet with more options
        self.tableView.setEditing(false, animated: false)
      }
  )
  archiveAction.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()

  var deleteAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Normal, title: "Delete",
      handler: { (action: UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath: NSIndexPath!) in
        self.deleteModelAt(indexPath.row)
        self.tableView.deleteRowsAtIndexPaths([indexPath], withRowAnimation: .Automatic);
      }
  );
  deleteAction.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()

  return [deleteAction, archiveAction]
}

func deleteModelAt(index: Int) {
  //... delete logic for model
}

Answer 2

Swift 4

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration? {
    let delete = UIContextualAction(style: .destructive, title: "Delete") { (action, sourceView, completionHandler) in
        print("index path of delete: \(indexPath)")
        completionHandler(true)
    }
    let rename = UIContextualAction(style: .normal, title: "Edit") { (action, sourceView, completionHandler) in
        print("index path of edit: \(indexPath)")
        completionHandler(true)
    }
    let swipeActionConfig = UISwipeActionsConfiguration(actions: [rename, delete])
    swipeActionConfig.performsFirstActionWithFullSwipe = false
    return swipeActionConfig
}

Answer 3

Johnny's answer is the right one to upvote. I'm just adding this below in objective-c to make it clearer to beginners (and those of us who refuse to learn Swift syntax :)

Make sure you declare the uitableviewdelegate and have the following methods:

 -(NSArray *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editActionsForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 UITableViewRowAction *button = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 1" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
    {
        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button 1");
    }];
    button.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; //arbitrary color
    UITableViewRowAction *button2 = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 2" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
                                    {
                                        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button2!");
                                    }];
    button2.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor]; //arbitrary color

    return @[button, button2]; //array with all the buttons you want. 1,2,3, etc...
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// you need to implement this method too or nothing will work:

}
 - (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        return YES; //tableview must be editable or nothing will work...
    }

Answer 4

To improve on Johnny's answer, this can now be done using the public API as follows :

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {

    let moreRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.default, title: "More", handler:{action, indexpath in
        print("MORE•ACTION");
    });
    moreRowAction.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0.298, green: 0.851, blue: 0.3922, alpha: 1.0);

    let deleteRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.default, title: "Delete", handler:{action, indexpath in
        print("DELETE•ACTION");
    });

    return [deleteRowAction, moreRowAction];
}

Answer 5

Here is one simple solution. It is capable to display and hide custom UIView inside UITableViewCell. Displaying logic is contained inside class extended from UITableViewCell, BaseTableViewCell.

BaseTableViewCell.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface BaseTableViewCell : UITableViewCell

@property(nonatomic,strong)UIView* customView;

-(void)showCustomView;

-(void)hideCustomView;

@end

BaseTableViewCell.M

#import "BaseTableViewCell.h"

@interface BaseTableViewCell()
{
    BOOL _isCustomViewVisible;
}

@end

@implementation BaseTableViewCell

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    // Initialization code
}

-(void)prepareForReuse
{
    self.customView = nil;
    _isCustomViewVisible = NO;
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Configure the view for the selected state
}

-(void)showCustomView
{
    if(nil != self.customView)
    {
        if(!_isCustomViewVisible)
        {
            _isCustomViewVisible = YES;

            if(!self.customView.superview)
            {
                CGRect frame = self.customView.frame;
                frame.origin.x = self.contentView.frame.size.width;
                self.customView.frame = frame;
                [self.customView willMoveToSuperview:self.contentView];
                [self.contentView addSubview:self.customView];
                [self.customView didMoveToSuperview];
            }

            __weak BaseTableViewCell* blockSelf = self;
            [UIView animateWithDuration:.5 animations:^(){

                for(UIView* view in blockSelf.contentView.subviews)
                {
                    CGRect frame = view.frame;
                    frame.origin.x = frame.origin.x - blockSelf.customView.frame.size.width;
                    view.frame = frame;
                }
            }];
        }
    }
}

-(void)hideCustomView
{
    if(nil != self.customView)
    {
        if(_isCustomViewVisible)
        {
            __weak BaseTableViewCell* blockSelf = self;
            _isCustomViewVisible = NO;
            [UIView animateWithDuration:.5 animations:^(){
                for(UIView* view in blockSelf.contentView.subviews)
                {
                    CGRect frame = view.frame;
                    frame.origin.x = frame.origin.x + blockSelf.customView.frame.size.width;
                    view.frame = frame;
                }
            }];
        }
    }
}

@end

To get this functionality, simple extend your table view cell from BaseTableViewCell.

Next, Inside UIViewController, which implement UITableViewDelegate, create two gesture recognizers to handle left and right swipes.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    [self.tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:CUSTOM_CELL_NIB_NAME bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:CUSTOM_CELL_ID];

    UISwipeGestureRecognizer* leftSwipeRecognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLeftSwipe:)];
    leftSwipeRecognizer.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft;
    [self.tableView addGestureRecognizer:leftSwipeRecognizer];

    UISwipeGestureRecognizer* rightSwipeRecognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleRightSwipe:)];
    rightSwipeRecognizer.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight;
    [self.tableView addGestureRecognizer:rightSwipeRecognizer];
}

Than add two swipe handlers

- (void)handleLeftSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer*)recognizer
{
    CGPoint point = [recognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
    NSIndexPath* index = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:point];

    UITableViewCell* cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:index];

    if([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(showCustomView)])
    {
        [cell performSelector:@selector(showCustomView)];
    }
}

- (void)handleRightSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer*)recognizer
{
    CGPoint point = [recognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
    NSIndexPath* index = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:point];

    UITableViewCell* cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:index];

    if([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(hideCustomView)])
    {
        [cell performSelector:@selector(hideCustomView)];
    }
}

Now, inside cellForRowAtIndexPath, of UITableViewDelegate, you can create custom UIView and attach it to the dequeued cell.

-(UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    CustomCellTableViewCell* cell = (CustomCellTableViewCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CustomCellTableViewCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

    NSArray* nibViews = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CellCustomView"
                                                      owner:nil
                                                    options:nil];

    CellCustomView* customView = (CellCustomView*)[ nibViews objectAtIndex: 0];

    cell.customView = customView;

    return cell;
}

Of course, this way of loading of custom UIView is just for this example. Manage it as you want.

Answer 6

This is not possible using the standard SDK. However there are various 3rd party solutions that more or less imitate the behavior in Mail.app. Some of them (e.g. MCSwipeTableViewCell, DAContextMenuTableViewController, RMSwipeTableViewCell) detect swipes using gesture recognizers, some of them (e.g. SWTableViewCell) put a second UISScrollView below the standard UITableViewCellScrollView (private subview of UITableViewCell) and some of them modify the behavior of UITableViewCellScrollView.

I like the last approach most since the touch handling feels most natural. Specifically, MSCMoreOptionTableViewCell is good. Your choice may vary depending on your specific needs (whether you need a left-to-right pan, too, whether you need iOS 6 compatibility, etc.). Also be aware that most of these approaches come with a burden: they can easily break in a future iOS version if Apple makes changes in the UITableViewCell subview hierarchy.