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Collapsable Table View for iOS

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A set of source files that extends the UITableView so that it has sections that can be collapsed and expanded.
//
//  CollapsableTableView.h
//  CollapsableTableView
//
//  Created by Bernhard Häussermann on 2011/03/29.
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "TapDelegate.h"
#import "CollapsableTableViewDelegate.h"

#define COLLAPSED_INDICATOR_LABEL_TAG 36
#define BUSY_INDICATOR_TAG 37


@interface CollapsableTableView : UITableView <UITableViewDelegate,UITableViewDataSource,TapDelegate>
{
    id<UITableViewDelegate> realDelegate;
    id<UITableViewDataSource> realDataSource;
    id<CollapsableTableViewDelegate> collapsableTableViewDelegate;
    
    NSString *collapsedIndicator,*expandedIndicator;
    BOOL showBusyIndicator,sectionsInitiallyCollapsed;
    
    int toggledSection;
    UIView* toggledSectionHeaderView;
    
    NSMutableDictionary *headerTitleToIsCollapsedMap,*headerTitleToSectionIdxMap,*sectionIdxToHeaderTitleMap;
    NSMutableArray *headerHeightArray,*footerHeightArray;
    
    // For the insert-rows optimization.
    int heightOfShortestCellSeen;
    int temporaryRowCountOverride;
    int temporaryRowCountOverrideSectionIdx;
}

@property (nonatomic,assign) id<CollapsableTableViewDelegate> collapsableTableViewDelegate;
@property (nonatomic,retain) NSString* collapsedIndicator;
@property (nonatomic,retain) NSString* expandedIndicator;
@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL showBusyIndicator;
@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL sectionsInitiallyCollapsed;
@property (nonatomic,readonly) NSDictionary* headerTitleToIsCollapsedMap;

- (void) setIsCollapsed:(BOOL) isCollapsed forHeaderWithTitle:(NSString*) headerTitle;
- (void) setIsCollapsed:(BOOL) isCollapsed forHeaderWithTitle:(NSString*) headerTitle andView:(UIView*) headerView;
- (void) setIsCollapsed:(BOOL) isCollapsed forHeaderWithTitle:(NSString*) headerTitle withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation) rowAnimation;
- (void) setIsCollapsed:(BOOL) isCollapsed forHeaderWithTitle:(NSString*) headerTitle andView:(UIView*) headerView withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation) rowAnimation;

@end

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Written By
Software Developer Digiata, Blue Owl Software
South Africa South Africa
Bernhard holds an Hons BSc in Computer Science and is a full-time C# .NET developer at Digiata.
After-hours he does iOS and Mac OS X development for Blue Owl Software. He also enjoys playing the piano.

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