Expand/collapse section in UITableView in iOS

Question

Could somebody tell me the way to perform UITableView expandable/collapsible animations in sections of UITableView as below?

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Answer 1

This action will happen in your didSelectRowAtIndexPath, when you will try to hide or show number of cell in a  section

first of all declare a global variable numberOfSectionInMoreInfo in .h file and in your viewDidLoad set suppose to numberOfSectionInMoreInfo = 4.

Now use following logic: 


 // More info link
        if(row == 3) {

            /*Logic: We are trying to hide/show the number of row into more information section */

            NSString *log= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Number of section in more %i",numberOfSectionInMoreInfo];

            [objSpineCustomProtocol showAlertMessage:log];

            // Check if the number of rows are open or close in view
            if(numberOfSectionInMoreInfo > 4) {

                // close the more info toggle
                numberOfSectionInMoreInfo = 4;

            }else {

                // Open more info toggle
                numberOfSectionInMoreInfo = 9;

            }

            //reload this section
            [self.tableView reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:1] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];

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Answer 2

So, based on the 'button in header' solution, here is a clean and minimalist implementation:

• you keep track of collapsed (or expanded) sections in a property
• you tag the button with the section index
• you set a selected state on that button to change the arrow direction (like △ and ▽)

Here is the code:

@interface MyTableViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableIndexSet *collapsedSections;
@end

...

@implementation MyTableViewController

- (instancetype)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (!self)
        return;
    self.collapsedSections = [NSMutableIndexSet indexSet];
    return self;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    // if section is collapsed
    if ([self.collapsedSections containsIndex:section])
        return 0;

    // if section is expanded
#warning incomplete implementation
    return [super tableView:tableView numberOfRowsInSection:section];
}

- (IBAction)toggleSectionHeader:(UIView *)sender
{
    UITableView *tableView = self.tableView;
    NSInteger section = sender.tag;

    MyTableViewHeaderFooterView *headerView = (MyTableViewHeaderFooterView *)[self tableView:tableView viewForHeaderInSection:section];

    if ([self.collapsedSections containsIndex:section])
    {
        // section is collapsed
        headerView.button.selected = YES;
        [self.collapsedSections removeIndex:section];
    }
    else
    {
        // section is expanded
        headerView.button.selected = NO;
        [self.collapsedSections addIndex:section];
    }

    [tableView beginUpdates];
    [tableView reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:section] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
    [tableView endUpdates];
}

@end

Answer 3

I have a better solution that you should add a UIButton into section header and set this button's size equal to section size, but make it hidden by clear background color, after that you are easily to check which section is clicked to expand or collapse