Disable swipe to delete on tableview

[j0egas]

Hi, I want to make it so when the user swipes on a cell, the delete button does not show up, but there is an edit button, and when you press that the tableview goes into editing mode, where the user can then delete the cells. I have been doing a lot of research on this, and can't seem to find the problem. Any suggestions? thanks!

[harrytheshark]

UITableView disable swipe to delete, but still have delete in Edit mode? - Stack Overflow

[j0egas]

Originally Posted by harrytheshark

UITableView disable swipe to delete, but still have delete in Edit mode? - Stack Overflow

I have tried that, and it doesn't seem to be working.

[harrytheshark]

Works fine on my end, just make sure to change this line:

- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    // Detemine if it's in editing mode
    if (self.tableView.editing) {
        return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
    }
    return UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone;
}

You can also use this:

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	return tableView.editing;
}

I've attached a quick example.

[j0egas]

Originally Posted by harrytheshark

Works fine on my end, just make sure to change this line:

- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    // Detemine if it's in editing mode
    if (self.tableView.editing) {
        return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete;
    }
    return UITableViewCellEditingStyleNone;
}

You can also use this:

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	return tableView.editing;
}

I've attached a quick example.

Thanks a lot man! The bool method worked!

[jwooten37830]

Working on the iPad, i have tried implementing all these suggestions for keeping the Delete icon from rolling on to the end of the row when a swipe is done and I DON'T want to remove the row.

I have set a flag and in the canEditRowAtIndexPath method I return YES or NO depending upon the flag.

In the accessoryTypeForRowWithIndexPath i put the code to check on whether the table is editable and change the style as directed.

Delete always comes in when swipe to the left.

Neither of these methods get call BTW. But, the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: gets called for sure.

What is going on?