StaticDataTableViewController

This class enables animated hide/show of static cells and sections (created in IB, using the option Content : Static cells) for UITableView

This method doesn't use the hacky solution with setting height to 0 and allows you to animate the change and hide whole sections

Features

Animations on cells and sections
Change height / Resize cells
Not using the hacky solution with height 0
Hide empty sections
Control section header, footer visibility for empty sections

Demo app Created with Vernissage app

Installation with CocoaPods

To integrate StaticDataTableViewController into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

  pod 'StaticDataTableViewController'

Usage

Subclass your UITableViewController with the StaticDataTableViewController

#import "StaticDataTableViewController.h"

@interface DemoTableViewController : StaticDataTableViewController

@end

Always use this method for table view reload

- (void)reloadDataAnimated:(BOOL)animated)

don't call [self.tableView reloadData]

To hide/show specific cells, to which you have an outlet or an outlet collection

[self cell:self.outletToMyStaticCell1 setHidden:YES];
[self cell:self.outletToMyStaticCell2 setHidden:NO];
[self cells:self.outletToManyCells setHidden:YES];
[self reloadDataAnimated:YES];

if you want to hide the whole section, just create a IBOutletCollection to all its cell, and then use [self cells:setHidden:]

To change height of specific cells, to which you have an outlet or an outlet collection

[self cell:self.outletToMyStaticCell1 setHeight:44];
[self cell:self.outletToMyStaticCell2 setHeight:44];
[self cells:self.outletToManyCells setHeight:200];
[self reloadDataAnimated:YES];

to customize animations, just set these properties to desired values

self.insertTableViewRowAnimation = UITableViewRowAnimationRight;
self.deleteTableViewRowAnimation = UITableViewRowAnimationLeft;
self.reloadTableViewRowAnimation = UITableViewRowAnimationMiddle;

or call reloadDataAnimated:insertAnimation:reloadAnimation:deleteAnimation: with desired animation values

to control if the footer or header should be displayed, overwrite these methods in your subclass

- (BOOL)showHeaderForSection:(NSInteger)section vissibleRows:(NSInteger)vissibleRows;
- (BOOL)showFooterForSection:(NSInteger)section vissibleRows:(NSInteger)vissibleRows;

Note

Create outlets to UITableViewsCells, not their content views!

License

Apache License 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt

Credits

min:60 - Building mobile solutions - https://min60.com