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

Try this block of code instead of the block you provided above:

UIButton *downloadButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[downloadButton setTitle:@"Download" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[downloadButton setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 35)];
[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].accessoryView = downloadButton;

This should display the button, but you will still need to hook up some kind of selector to it using addTarget. (I am not sure if listening in for the accessoryButtonTappedForRowWithIndexPath delegate will work in this case, try that first and see if it fires on your button press.)

Answer 2

Assign the button as the accessory view rather than a subview of the accessory view.

UITableViewCell* cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.accessoryView = downloadButton;

Answer 3

Swift 4 and above: Add button to UITableViewCell's Accessory View

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
    {
        let cell = Table.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "identifier", for: indexPath)

            let accessoryButton = UIButton(type: .custom)
            accessoryButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(deleteCell(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside)
            accessoryButton.setImage("Add_image", for: .normal) 
            accessoryButton.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 40, height: 40)
            accessoryButton.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit

            cell.accessoryView = accessoryButton as UIView

            return cell
    }

Add Selector Method

    func deleteCell(sender: AnyObject)
    {
        let pointInTable: CGPoint = sender.convert(sender.bounds.origin, to: self.Table)
        let cellIndexPath = self.Table.indexPathForRow(at: pointInTable)
        let point = cellIndexPath!.row

    }

Answer 4

let button = UIButton(type:.roundedRect)
button.setTitle("A", for: .normal)
button.sizeToFit()
cell.accessoryView = button