UITableViewCell checkmark to be toggled on and off when tapped

Question

I\'m working on a tableview

I want to be able to tap on each cell and when tapped, it displays a checkmark on the cell

Now I have some code that makes this w

Answer 1

Updated In swift 4.2 Every New selection Remove previous Check mark

   func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    print(self.coloursArray[indexPath.row])

     self.tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.accessoryType = .checkmark
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    self.tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.accessoryType = .none
}

Answer 2

Swift > 3.0

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .none
    }
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .checkmark

    }
}

I solved by using two Swift functions: the didSelectRowAtIndexPath and the didDeselectRowAtIndexPath.

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .None
    }
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .Checkmark

    }
}

To make this work properly, add a line of code to your cellForRowAtIndexPath function to select a row when the table view is drawn on the screen, otherwise the didDeselectRowAtIndexPath will not be called the first time you select another row. Like so:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cellData", forIndexPath: indexPath) 
    if (some condition to initially checkmark a row)
        cell.accessoryType = .Checkmark
        tableView.selectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.Bottom)
    } else {
        cell.accessoryType = .None
    }

    return cell
}

Answer 3

For Swift 5:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath as IndexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .checkmark
    }

}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath as IndexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .none
    }
}

Answer 4

The simple solution as others have pointed out would be to .checkmark the row in the didSelectRowAt method and set the row to .none in the didDeselectRowAtmethod as follow...

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

    tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.accessoryType = .checkmark
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.accessoryType = .none
}

But if you have a default row selected when the table loads you first need to deselect it when other rows are selected, in that case, use the code below instead in the didSelectRowAt method.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    for row in 0..<tableView.numberOfRows(inSection: indexPath.section) {
        if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: IndexPath(row: row, section: indexPath.section)) {
            cell.accessoryType = row == indexPath.row ? .checkmark : .none
        }
    }
}

Answer 5

Since I didn't see anyone list this, you can create a custom UITableViewCell that will toggle the checkmark with selection by overriding it's setSelected() method and defaulting .selectionStyle to .gray:

class CheckableTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
        selectionStyle = .gray
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
    }

    override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
        super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
        accessoryType = selected ? .checkmark : .none
    }
}

Answer 6

Swift 3.0

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .checkmark
    }
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) {
        cell.accessoryType = .none
    }
}