Disable selection of a single UITableViewCell

Question

How do you disable selecting only a single cell in a UITableView? I have several, and I only want the last to be disabled.

Answer 1

Throw this in your custom Table VC:

// cells lacking UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator will not be selectable
- (NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UITableViewCell *cell = [self tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    if (cell.accessoryType != UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator) {
        return nil;
    }
    return indexPath;
}

// disabled cells will still have userinteraction enabled for their subviews
- (void)setEnabled:(BOOL)enabled forTableViewCell:(UITableViewCell *)tableViewCell
{
    tableViewCell.accessoryType = (enabled) ? UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator : UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
    // if you dont want the blue selection on tap, comment out the following line
    tableViewCell.selectionStyle = (enabled) ? UITableViewCellSelectionStyleBlue : UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
}

Then to enable/disable selection for someTableViewCell, do this:

[self setEnabled:state forTableViewCell:someTableViewCell];

You're done and can ship.