Making UITableView with delete buttons visible for all cells

Question

Normally one can create a UITableView with cells that allow the user to reveal the red "Delete" button on the right side of the cell by swiping that cell or by tapping a knob visible on the left side of the cell.

However, I would like to create a UITableView which has all cells with visible "Delete" button by default (no swiping / tapping knob necessary). Is it possible to do utilizing the standard Cocoa Touch methods?

(I know I can define my own button in a custom UITableViewCell, but I'd rather use a standard method if possible...)

Answer 1

Call [tableView setEditing:YES animated:NO] in your view controller's -viewDidLoad implementation.

Answer 2

Well.. NO. Actually the red minus on the left side is the constant-visible solution in Cocoa. I don't believe you get the right delete button without ugly hacking of the tableView.

So probably you have to make a custom solution. But you need no subclassing here. You can just use a regular UITableViewCell and set a UIButton as the accessoryView.