Select multiple rows in tableview and tick the selected ones

Question

I\'m loading a tableView from a plist file. This works with no problems. I just simply want to \"tick\" the selected rows. At the moment, with my code it didn\'t work as des

Answer 1

There are many solutions to this problem, here's one I came up with. I am using the built in cell "selected" property so the tableview saves it for us. Just make sure in your storyboard or when you setup the tableview in code you use multiple selection.

import UIKit

class TableViewController: UITableViewController
{
    var lastSelectedIndexPath = NSIndexPath(forRow: -1, inSection: 0)

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
    {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("myCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell

        // Configure the cell...
        cell.textLabel!.text = "row: \(indexPath.row)"

        if cell.selected
        {
            cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryType.Checkmark
        }
        else
        {
            cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryType.None
        }

        return cell
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
    {
        let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)

        if cell!.selected == true
        {
            cell!.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryType.Checkmark
        }
        else
        {
            cell!.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryType.None
        }
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int
    {
        return 100
    }
}

I made a sample project here: https://github.com/brcimo/SwiftTableViewMultipleSelection