Swipe to delete not working while on edit mode

Question

I'm having the following problem.

I have an app using a UITableView with a custom UITableViewCell. Because of the specs of the app, I need it to be in edit mode always, so on the viewDidLoad I wrote this:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    MainTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"compose_background.png"]];
    [MainTableView setAllowsSelectionDuringEditing: TRUE];
    [MainTableView setEditing: TRUE];

    [super viewDidLoad];    
}

Also, I've implemented the following methods:

- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView  editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
- (BOOL) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

And several more, but the problem persists and when I swipe a cell the delete button doesn't shows up. Any pointers would be highly appretiated.

while I can handle criticism well, I think that downvoting a question that has taken some time to ask, and that I've done some digging about it without saying why is just plain cruel. — David Conde
Upped it back to zero (I didn't down it). But don't worry about criticism from strangers. It's not a bad question if you're not a pro. — QED
thanks psoft! I actually think that criticism is a good thing but only when properly justified! Thanks for the help — David Conde

QED QED · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-26T17:11:10

- (UITableViewCellEditingStyle) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editingStyleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath must return UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete for each row you want to delete. Swipe-to-delete is disabled in favor of this method when in editing mode.

Swipe to delete not working while on edit mode

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