Hide cells in a UITableView with static cells - and no autolayout crash

Question

I have a table view form created using Static Cells in IB/Storyboard. However, I need to hide some of the cells at runtime depending on certain conditions.

I have fo

Answer 1

I have found a way that allows you even row animations and is working on iOS 8.3. All you need is to implement the tableView:numberOfRowsInSection: data source method and then add/delete row by UITableView methods insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation: and deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:.

Here is example of hiding exact row based on UISwitch state:

- (IBAction)alowNotif:(id)sender {
    UISwitch *sw = (UISwitch*)sender;
    NSIndexPath *index = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:5 inSection:0];
    if ([sw isOn]) {
        [self.tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:@[index] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
    }
    else {
        [self.tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:@[index] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
    }
}

-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (![notifications isOn]) {
        return 5;
    }
    return 6;
}

As was mentioned above by @algal, numberOfRowInSection: is still UITableViewDataSource method, so one does not simply know how long its gonna work.