Can a standard accessory view be in a different position within a UITableViewCell?

Question

I want my accessory to be in a slightly different place than normal. Is it possible? This code has no effect:

cell.accessoryType =  UITableViewCellAccessoryD         


        

Answer 1

Another way to do this is to embed your custom accessory view in another view, that is set as the cell's accessory view and control the padding using the frame.

Here is an example with an image view as custom accessory view:

// Use insets to define the padding on each side within the wrapper view
UIEdgeInsets insets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(24, 0, 0, 0);

// Create custom accessory view, in this case an image view
UIImage *customImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"customImage.png"];
UIImageView *accessoryView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:customImage];

// Create wrapper view with size that takes the insets into account 
UIView *accessoryWrapperView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, customImage.size.width+insets.left+insets.right, customImage.size.height+insets.top+insets.bottom)];

// Add custom accessory view into wrapper view
[accessoryWrapperView addSubview:accessoryView];

// Use inset's left and top values to position the custom accessory view inside the wrapper view
accessoryView.frame = CGRectMake(insets.left, insets.top, customImage.size.width, customImage.size.height);

// Set accessory view of cell (in this case this code is called from within the cell)
self.accessoryView = accessoryWrapperView;