Change the color of default red color delete button in UITableViewCell when swiping rows or click on edit button

Question

I wanted to change the color of minus button and delete button of UITableViewCell when click on edit button or swiping UITableView rows. I have imp

Answer 1

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iOS 8 and 9 (props to this post)

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Note: If you are working with an existing iOS 7 project, you'll need to update the target to iOS 8 to get this functionality. Also remember to set the UITableviewDelegate.

All the magic now happens here (as many buttons as you want too!!!!):

 -(NSArray *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editActionsForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 UITableViewRowAction *button = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 1" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
    {
        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button 1");
    }];
    button.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; //arbitrary color
    UITableViewRowAction *button2 = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 2" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
                                    {
                                        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button2!");
                                    }];
    button2.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor]; //arbitrary color

    return @[button, button2];
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// you need to implement this method too or nothing will work:

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

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(iOS 7)

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**activate the delete button on swipe**

// make sure you have the following methods in the uitableviewcontroller

    - (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        return YES;
    }
    - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        NSLog(@"You hit the delete button.");
    }

set custom text label instead of delete.

-(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    return @"Your Label";
}

set custom color for button part 1 - warning, this technically involves poking at the private apple API. However, you are not prevented from modifying a subview using a public method search that is part of UIKIT.

Create a uitableviewcell class (see also https://stackoverflow.com/a/22350817/1758337 )

- (void)layoutSubviews
{
    [super layoutSubviews];
    for (UIView *subview in self.subviews) {
        //iterate through subviews until you find the right one...
        for(UIView *subview2 in subview.subviews){
            if ([NSStringFromClass([subview2 class]) isEqualToString:@"UITableViewCellDeleteConfirmationView"]) {
                //your color
                ((UIView*)[subview2.subviews firstObject]).backgroundColor=[UIColor blueColor];
            }
        }
    }    
}

Another note: there's no guarantee this approach will work in future updates. Also beware that mentioning or using the private UITableViewCellDeleteConfirmationView class may lead to AppStore rejection.

set custom color for button part 2

back in your uitableviewcontroller

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willBeginEditingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [YourTableView reloadData];
}

(The alternate color won't be called until the next time layoutSubviews is called on the tablecell, so we ensure this happens by reloading everything.)