Expand/collapse section in UITableView in iOS

Question

Could somebody tell me the way to perform UITableView expandable/collapsible animations in sections of UITableView as below?

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Answer 1

Expanding on this answer written in Objective C, I wrote the following for those writing in Swift

The idea is to use sections within the table and set the number of rows in the section to 1 (collapsed) and 3(expanded) when the first row in that section is tapped

The table decides how many rows to draw based on an array of Boolean values

You'll need to create two rows in storyboard and give them the reuse identifiers 'CollapsingRow' and 'GroupHeading'

import UIKit

class CollapsingTVC:UITableViewController{

    var sectionVisibilityArray:[Bool]!// Array index corresponds to section in table

    override func viewDidLoad(){
        super.viewDidLoad()
        sectionVisibilityArray = [false,false,false]
    }

    override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    }

    override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int{
        return sectionVisibilityArray.count
    }
    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat{
        return 0
    }

    // numberOfRowsInSection - Get count of entries
    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        var rowsToShow:Int = 0
        if(sectionVisibilityArray[section]){
            rowsToShow = 3 // Or however many rows should be displayed in that section
        }else{
            rowsToShow = 1
        }
        return rowsToShow
    }// numberOfRowsInSection


    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath){
        if(indexPath.row == 0){
            if(sectionVisibilityArray[indexPath.section]){
                sectionVisibilityArray[indexPath.section] = false
            }else{
                sectionVisibilityArray[indexPath.section] = true
            }
            self.tableView.reloadSections([indexPath.section], with: .automatic)
        }
    }

    // cellForRowAtIndexPath - Get table cell corresponding to this IndexPath
    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

        var cell:UITableViewCell

        if(indexPath.row == 0){
             cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "GroupHeading", for: indexPath as IndexPath)
        }else{
            cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "CollapsingRow", for: indexPath as IndexPath)
        }

        return cell

    }// cellForRowAtIndexPath

}