Show a UIPopoverController from a detail disclosure button in a UITableViewCell

Question

I am creating an application for the iPad, and I want to show an UIPopoverController with an arrow pointing to the detail disclosure button for the row it belongs t

Answer 1

To do what you want, you need an accessoryView and setting the accessoryType does not create one. However, it will work if you create a button and set it as the cell.accessoryView.

Create and set the accessoryView when the cell is created:

    ...
    UIButton *disclosureButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure];
    [disclosureButton addTarget:self action:@selector(discloseDetails:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    cell.accessoryView = disclosureButton;
    ...

Replace tableView:accessoryButtonTappedForRowWithIndexPath: with discloseDetails:. This looks much like what you have before so I've only put the changes below:

- (void) discloseDetails:(UIButton *)sender {
    ...
    UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *) sender.superview;
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:cell];  // if needed
    [addFeedPopup presentPopoverFromRect:cell.accessoryView.bounds inView:cell.accessoryView permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionLeft animated:YES];
    ...
}

If you don't need the cell, it can be made even simpler:

- (void) discloseDetails:(UIButton *)sender {
    ...
    [addFeedPopup presentPopoverFromRect:sender.bounds inView:sender permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionLeft animated:YES];
    ...
}

Here's what it looks like