How can I customize the accessory disclosure image in a UITableViewCell?

I would like to use a custom version of the standard disclosure accessory image in my UITableView. How can I do this? I'm hoping that sub-classing UITableViewCell is not necessary for something this basic.

Solution 1:

You'll need to create a custom view and assign it to the accessoryView property of the UITableViewCell object. Something like:

myCell.accessoryView = [[ UIImageView alloc ] 
                       initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Something" ]];

Solution 2:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

    UIImage *indicatorImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Arrow.png"];
    cell.accessoryView =[[[UIImageView alloc]  initWithImage:indicatorImage] autorelease];


    return cell;
}

well i do this with the help code given above

Solution 3:

I ran into the same problem as Greg--the accessory view doesn't track (if you use an UIImageView)

I solved it like this:

UIImage * image = [ UIImage imageNamed:@"disclosure-button-grey.png" ] ;
UIControl * c = [ [ UIControl alloc ] initWithFrame:(CGRect){ CGPointZero, image.size } ] ;

c.layer.contents = (id)image.CGImage ;
[ c addTarget:self action:@selector( accessoryTapped: ) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside ] ;
cell.accessoryView = c ;
[ c release ] ;

Solution 4:

There is a nice example from Apple showing how to use UIControl to fulfill this kind of accessoryView customisation.

Overriding - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect in UIControl is not the easiest way, but gives you lots of flexibility to style nice accessory views.

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Solution 5:

I'd do it as follows:

UIImageView *chevronImgVw = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"chevron_accessory_vw_img.png"]];
chevronImgVw.frame = CGRectMake(cell.accessoryView.frame.origin.x, cell.accessoryView.frame.origin.y, 10, 20);
cell.accessoryView = chevronImgVw;

Please, try out this before you down vote! Because at the moment it has 2 upvotes and 2 downvotes!