How to get indexPath in a tableview from a button action in a cell? - xcode

Question

I have a tableview with two actions in it, for the first on i use the delegate didSelectRowAtIndexPath, for the second one i would like to use an action on a button on my cell to do something else. My problem is that i don't succeed to get the indexpath ? What is the best practice to do that.

Answer 1

If you have added the button to the cell as,
[cell.contentView addSubview:button];
then, you can get the index path as,
- (void)onButtonTapped:(UIButton *)button {
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *)button.superview.superview;
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [tableView indexPathForCell:cell];
// Go ahead
}

Answer 2

I'm using this solution -- getting index path of cell using points
CGPoint center= [sender center];
CGPoint rootViewPoint = [[sender superview] convertPoint:center toView:_tableView1];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [_tableView1 indexPathForRowAtPoint:rootViewPoint];
NSLog(#"%#",indexPath);
Its work perfectly

Answer 3

here is the full code for a custom button:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
CustomCellFilter *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (!cell) {cell = [[CustomCellFilter alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];}
//configure your cell here
cell.titleLabel.text = #"some title";
//add button
UIButton *myButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
resetButton.frame = CGRectMake(40, 10, 18, 18);
[resetButton addTarget:self action:#selector(onButtonTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[resetButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"someimage.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[cell.contentView addSubview:myButton];
//afterwards return the cell
return cell;
- (void)onButtonTapped:(UIButton *)button {
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *)button.superview.superview;
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [filterTable indexPathForCell:cell];
NSLog(#"%#", indexPath);
//use indexPath here...
}

Answer 4

In case you are using a collection view, you can use Yogesh method, but change indexPathForRowAtPoint for indexPathForItemAtPoint like this:
CGPoint center= [sender center];
CGPoint rootViewPoint = [[sender superview] convertPoint:center toView:_tableView1];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [_tableView1 indexPathForRowAtPoint:rootViewPoint];
NSLog(#"%#",indexPath);

Answer 5

In case that your button is moved or Apple changes the view hierarchy for accessory views, this method goes up the chain to look for a UITableViewCell:
- (void)tapAccessoryButton:(UIButton *)sender {
UIView *parentView = sender.superview;
// the loop should take care of any changes in the view heirarchy, whether from
// changes we make or apple makes.
while (![parentView.class isSubclassOfClass:UITableViewCell.class])
parentView = parentView.superview;
if ([parentView.class isSubclassOfClass:UITableViewCell.class]) {
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *) parentView;
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:cell];
[self tableView:self.tableView accessoryButtonTappedForRowWithIndexPath:indexPath];
}
}