Add button to UITableViewCell's Accessory View

Question

Goal: when a user selects a cell, a button is added to that cell. Within my didSelectRowAtIndexPath function I have the following:

UIButton *downloadButton =         


        

Answer 1

Its always best to add any views that you are adding to a cell to cell.contentView. Also try to check if the accessoryView is nil.

Answer 2

I had the same problem. Attempting to set the accessoryView to a UIButton which had an image caused it to not appear.

The trick was to call [UIButton sizeToFit], to ensure its frame is set properly.

Answer 3

Try This:

[[self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].contentView addSubview:downloadButton];

And remember to delete that button when the cell is being reused.

Answer 4

Here is my example for a the full solution to your request:

In my UITableViewCell subclass (I call it RNWNewItemCell):

-(void)configureCell...
{
   // create the button
   self.btnSeekDuplicate = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 22, 22)];
   // just make it yellow until we get our real image..
   self.btnSeekDuplicate.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
   // add the handler for the button press
   [self.btnSeekDuplicate addTarget:self
                             action:@selector(seekDuplicateButtonWasPressed) 
                   forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
   // make it visible in the table cell...
   [self setAccessoryView:self.btnSeekDuplicate];
}

- (void)seekDuplicateButtonWasPressed
{
    do something...
}

In my Table Code that uses the cell...

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
   ...
   RNWNewItemCell *aNewItemCell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifierForNewItemCell forIndexPath:indexPath];
   [aNewItemCell configureCell...]
   ...
}

Note that accessoryButtonTappedForRowWithIndexPath is NOT called when you set the table cell's accessoryView. Probably because they assume you are using a view that responds to events.

Answer 5

Swift

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell
    let accessoryButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.ContactAdd) as! UIButton
    cell.accessoryView = accessoryButton

    return cell
}

Answer 6

use this :

cell.accessoryType=UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton;