Is it possible to configure a UITableView to allow multiple-selection?

Question

For the iPhone, is it possible to configure a UITableView such that it will allow multiple-selection?

I've tried overriding -setSelected:animated: for each UITableViewCell, but trying to fudge the required behavior is tricky as it's difficult to separate the real unselections from the ones where the UITableView thinks I've unselected due to selection of another cell!

Hope someone can help!

Thanks,

Nick.

Answer 1

Following property should work fine if you are developing app for iOS5.0+

self.tableView.allowsMultipleSelection = YES; 

Answer 2

The best way to do this would be to a checkmark per selected row.

You can do that by setting the accessoryType on the selected UITableViewCell instances to UITableViewCelAccessoryCheckmark.

To deselect the row, set it back to UITableViewCellAccessoryNone.

To enumerate which cells/rows were selected (say, upon clicking a button), simply iterate over the cells of the table looking for UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark. Or, manage some NSSet or the like in your table view delegate in the "did select" delegate methods.