How to set editing button on UITableView that is a subview on iOS

Question

I have a UIViewController which has a UITableView as a child besides other elements. I want to add editing support on that tableView with this simple line:

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;

It works if I set this on UITableViewController view type, but obviously that does not work on tableView's that are subviews. Actually it shows the editing button but the edit action is not triggered.

Anyway if there is no elegant solution for that I will simply implement custom editing button.

Thanks!

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 12:32

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.title = @"My View Controller";
    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemEdit target:self action:@selector(editButtonSelected:)] autorelease];

}

- (void) editButtonSelected: (id) sender
{
    if (tableView1.editing) {
        self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemEdit target:self action:@selector(editButtonSelected:)] autorelease];
        [self.tableView1 setEditing:NO animated:YES];
    } else {
        self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:@selector(editButtonSelected:)] autorelease];
        [self.tableView1 setEditing:YES animated:YES];

    }

}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '13 at 16:57

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You need to implement setEditing:animated yourself:

- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    [self.tableView setEditing:editing animated:animated];
    [super setEditing:editing animated:animated];
}

answered Dec 04 '13 at 16:57

utopalex

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '12 at 07:18

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I've just found a solution. Replacing self.editButtonItem with self.myTableViewController.editButtonItem like that:

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.myTableViewController.editButtonItem;

It works like a charm. Could it be more simple? :)

answered Mar 15 '12 at 07:18

Borut Tomazin

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '12 at 07:16

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self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;

answered Mar 15 '12 at 07:16

hayden

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How to set editing button on UITableView that is a subview on iOS

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