iOS 6 Programming Cookbook

4.5. Using Different Types of Accessories in a Table View Cell

Problem

You want to grab users’ attention in a table view by displaying accessories, and offer different ways to interact with each cell in your table view.

Solution

Use the accessoryType of the UITableViewCell class, instances of which you provide to your table view in its data source object:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
         cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

  UITableViewCell* result = nil;

  if ([tableView isEqual:self.myTableView]){

    static NSString *MyCellIdentifier = @"SimpleCell";

    /* We will try to retrieve an existing cell
     with the given identifier */
    result = [tableView
              dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyCellIdentifier];

    if (result == nil){
      /* If a cell with the given identifier does not
       exist, we will create the cell with the identifier
       and hand it to the table view */

      result = [[UITableViewCell alloc]
                initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
                reuseIdentifier:MyCellIdentifier];
    }

    result.textLabel.text =
    [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Section %ld, Cell %ld",
     (long)indexPath.section,
     (long)indexPath.row];

    result.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDetailDisclosureButton;

  }

  return result;

}

- (NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
  numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
  return 10;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad{
  [super viewDidLoad];

  self.myTableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds
                                                  style:UITableViewStylePlain];

  self.myTableView.dataSource = self;
  self.myTableView ...