How can I customize the accessory disclosure image in a UITableViewCell?

Question

I would like to use a custom version of the standard disclosure accessory image in my UITableView. How can I do this? I\'m hoping that sub-classing UITableViewCell is not ne

Answer 1

There is a nice example from Apple showing how to use UIControl to fulfill this kind of accessoryView customisation.

Overriding - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect in UIControl is not the easiest way, but gives you lots of flexibility to style nice accessory views.

Answer 2

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

    UIImage *indicatorImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Arrow.png"];
    cell.accessoryView =[[[UIImageView alloc]  initWithImage:indicatorImage] autorelease];


    return cell;
}

well i do this with the help code given above

Answer 3

You'll need to create a custom view and assign it to the accessoryView property of the UITableViewCell object. Something like:

myCell.accessoryView = [[ UIImageView alloc ] 
                       initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Something" ]];