UISwitch in a UITableView cell

Question

How can I embed a UISwitch on a UITableView cell? Examples can be seen in the settings menu.

My current solution:

Answer 1

This is a more complete solution where turning off and on happens on the view layer (UITableViewCell) and it forwards the events to the tableView delegate through didSelect and didDeselect:

class CustomCell: UITableViewCell {
    private lazy var switchControl: UISwitch = {
        let s = UISwitch()
        s.addTarget(self, action: #selector(switchValueDidChange(_:)), for: .valueChanged)
        return s
    }()

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        self.accessoryView = switchControl
        self.selectionStyle = .none // to show the selection style only on the UISwitch
    }

    override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
        super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
        (self.accessoryView as? UISwitch)?.isOn = selected
    }

    @objc private func switchValueDidChange(_ sender: UISwitch) { // needed to treat switch changes as if the cell was selected/unselected
        guard let tv = self.superview as? UITableView, let ip = tv.indexPath(for: self) else {
            fatalError("Unable to cast self.superview as UITableView or get indexPath")
        }
        setSelected(sender.isOn, animated: true)
        if sender.isOn {
            tv.delegate?.tableView?(tv, didSelectRowAt: ip)
        } else {
            tv.delegate?.tableView?(tv, didDeselectRowAt: ip)
        }
    }
}

And on your delegate

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, shouldHighlightRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
    return false // to disable interaction since it happens on the switch
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell { // to make sure it is rendered correctly when dequeuing:
    // stuff
    if isSelected { // stored value to know if the switch is on or off
        tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true, scrollPosition: .none)
    } else {
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
    }
    // more stuff
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    // do your thing when selecting
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    // do your thing when deselecting
}