Can you animate a height change on a UITableViewCell when selected?

Question

I\'m using a UITableView in my iPhone app, and I have a list of people that belong to a group. I would like it so that when the user clicks on a particular pers

Answer 1

I used @Joy's awesome answer, and it worked perfectly with ios 8.4 and XCode 7.1.1.

In case you are looking to make your cell toggle-able, I changed the -tableViewDidSelect to the following:

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
//This is the bit I changed, so that if tapped once on the cell, 
//cell is expanded. If tapped again on the same cell, 
//cell is collapsed. 
    if (self.currentSelection==indexPath.row) {
        self.currentSelection = -1;
    }else{
        self.currentSelection = indexPath.row;
    }
        // animate
        [tableView beginUpdates];
        [tableView endUpdates];

}

I hope any of this helped you.

Answer 2

I just resolved this problem with a little hack:

static int s_CellHeight = 30;
static int s_CellHeightEditing = 60;

- (void)onTimer {
    cellHeight++;
    [tableView reloadData];
    if (cellHeight < s_CellHeightEditing)
        heightAnimationTimer = [[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.001 target:self selector:@selector(onTimer) userInfo:nil repeats:NO] retain];
}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)_tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
        if (isInEdit) {
            return cellHeight;
        }
        cellHeight = s_CellHeight;
        return s_CellHeight;
}

When I need to expand the cell height I set isInEdit = YES and call the method [self onTimer] and it animates the cell growth until it reach the s_CellHeightEditing value :-)

Answer 3

Add a property to keep track of the selected cell

@property (nonatomic) int currentSelection;

Set it to a sentinel value in (for example) viewDidLoad, to make sure that the UITableView starts in the 'normal' position

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

    //sentinel
    self.currentSelection = -1;
}

In heightForRowAtIndexPath you can set the height you want for the selected cell

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
    int rowHeight;
    if ([indexPath row] == self.currentSelection) {
        rowHeight = self.newCellHeight;
    } else rowHeight = 57.0f;
    return rowHeight;
}

In didSelectRowAtIndexPath you save the current selection and save a dynamic height, if required

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
        // do things with your cell here

        // set selection
        self.currentSelection = indexPath.row;
        // save height for full text label
        self.newCellHeight = cell.titleLbl.frame.size.height + cell.descriptionLbl.frame.size.height + 10;

        // animate
        [tableView beginUpdates];
        [tableView endUpdates];
    }
}

In didDeselectRowAtIndexPath set the selection index back to the sentinel value and animate the cell back to normal form

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {       
        // do things with your cell here

        // sentinel
        self.currentSelection = -1;

        // animate
        [tableView beginUpdates];
        [tableView endUpdates];
    }
}

Answer 4

I don't know what all this stuff about calling beginUpdates/endUpdates in succession is, you can just use -[UITableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:withAnimation:]. Here is an example project.

Answer 5

Yes It's Possible.

UITableView has a delegate method didSelectRowAtIndexPath

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [UIView animateWithDuration:.6
                          delay:0
         usingSpringWithDamping:UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState
          initialSpringVelocity:0
                        options:UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState animations:^{

                            cellindex = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:indexPath.row inSection:indexPath.section];
                            NSArray* indexArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:indexPath, nil];
                            [violatedTableView beginUpdates];
                            [violatedTableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:indexArray withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
                            [violatedTableView endUpdates];
                        }
                     completion:^(BOOL finished) {
    }];
}

But in your case if the user scrolls and selects a different cell then u need to have the last selected cell to shrink and expand the currently selected cell reloadRowsAtIndexPaths: calls heightForRowAtIndexPath: so handle accordingly.

Answer 6

Instead of beginUpdates()/endUpdates(), the recommended call is now:

tableView.performBatchUpdates(nil, completion: nil)

Apple says, regarding beginUpdates/endUpdates: "Use the performBatchUpdates(_:completion:) method instead of this one whenever possible."

See: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitableview/1614908-beginupdates