iphone development: using tableview cells as a button - iphone

Question

Is that possible to use tableView cells like a button? In my app I want to have a table view which has 4 rows and in each row there will be labels. What I want is when I touch a row, the table tableview cell should react like a button (perform an action and background is highlighted)? Is that possible? How can I do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

very simple the delegate method will be called didSelectRowAtIndexPath there you can get which row is tapped in which section and you can perform further action.
for example
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// deselect
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
if(indexPath.row == 0){
LoginFormViewController *vController = nil;
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
vController = [[LoginFormViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LoginFormViewController_ipad" bundle:nil];
}else {
vController = [[LoginFormViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LoginFormViewController" bundle:nil];
}
[self.navigationController pushViewController:vController animated:YES];
[vController release];
}
}

Answer 2

You can implement this 'button' functionality in the tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexpath method in your UITableView delegate ;)
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// do something when pressed on an UITableViewCell
}

Answer 3

The cel will highlight, and your table view's delegate will receive a tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: message anyway. You don't need anything extra to achieve what you have described.

Answer 4

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
cell.selectionStyle=UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
}
if(tableView.tag==1)
{
cell.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
cell.backgroundColor =[UIColor blackColor];
UIButton *Btn11=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[Btn11 addTarget:self action:#selector(ratingAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[Btn11 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"small_img4.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
Btn11.tag=indexPath.row;
Btn11.frame=CGRectMake(0, 6.5, 156, 74.5);
UILabel *Main_tblImg_Label=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 80,156, 31)];
[Main_tblImg_Label setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
//[Main_tblImg_Label setText:#"First Drive 2012 Mercedes Benz M class"];
//Main_tblImg_Label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
[Main_tblImg_Label setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[Main_tblImg_Label setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:9]];
[Main_tblImg_Label setNumberOfLines:2];
[cell.contentView addSubview:Main_tblImg_Label];
[cell.contentView addSubview:Btn11];
UILabel *other_Lbl=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(14, 80, 142, 29)];
[other_Lbl setText:#"First Drive 2012 \nMercedes Benz M class"];
[other_Lbl setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[other_Lbl setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[other_Lbl setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:9]];
[other_Lbl setNumberOfLines:2];
[cell.contentView addSubview:other_Lbl];
[cell.contentView addSubview:Btn11];
//[cell.contentView addSubview:Main_tblImg_Label];
// [cell.contentView addSubview:Btn11];
//
UIButton *Btn22=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[Btn22 addTarget:self action:#selector(ratingAction2:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[Btn22 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Screen2.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
Btn22.tag=indexPath.row;
Btn22.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
Btn22.frame=CGRectMake(165, 6.5, 156, 74.5);
UILabel *main_tblImg_Lbl2=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(165, 80, 156, 31)];
[main_tblImg_Lbl2 setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
//[main_tblImg_Lbl2 setText:#"Audi planning Mexican Assembly plant?"];
[main_tblImg_Lbl2 setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
//[main_tblImg_Lbl2 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"times" size:1]];
[main_tblImg_Lbl2 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:10]];
[main_tblImg_Lbl2 setNumberOfLines:2];
[cell.contentView addSubview:main_tblImg_Lbl2];
UILabel *other1_Lbl=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(176, 80, 136, 31)];
[other1_Lbl setText:#"Audi planning Mexican Assembly plant?"];
[other1_Lbl setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[other1_Lbl setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[other1_Lbl setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:10]];
[other1_Lbl setNumberOfLines:2];
[cell.contentView addSubview:other1_Lbl];
[cell.contentView addSubview:Btn11];
[cell.contentView addSubview:Btn22];
}
return cell
}