Suppress iOSTable row insertion animation

Tom_Catchesides · May 5, 2019, 6:32pm

Xojo 2018 r2 added animation to inserting and removing iOSTable rows. Has anyone worked out how to suppress that animation?

Greg_O_Lone · May 5, 2019, 7:23pm

It should only animate if you are inserting or removing a row. If you refresh the data source, it should not happen.

Tom_Catchesides · May 5, 2019, 7:30pm

Thanks, Greg. I usually use a data source for my iOSTables, but in this case I’ve got one that doesn’t use a data source so I’m inserting rows with my own code.

I’m currently assuming that the answer is “there’s no way to suppress the animation other than using a data source”.

Greg_O_Lone · May 6, 2019, 1:47am

[quote=435097:@Tom Catchesides]Thanks, Greg. I usually use a data source for my iOSTables, but in this case I’ve got one that doesn’t use a data source so I’m inserting rows with my own code.

I’m currently assuming that the answer is “there’s no way to suppress the animation other than using a data source”.[/quote]
Not necessarily. If you remove all rows first and re-add them, does it still animate?

Tom_Catchesides · May 6, 2019, 1:55am

Yes. If I do RemoveAll followed by a series of AddSection and AddRow calls, the cells animate as they’re added.

Greg_O_Lone · May 6, 2019, 2:03am

Hm. Im sure we planned a way to do this… I just cant remember off the top of my head.

Jason_Tait · May 6, 2019, 3:19am

Actually it animates even using a data source if you need to reload the data source for any reason (such as some data has changed) so it would be good to have a way to switch this off when you just want a quick change.

Christoph_Emrich · May 9, 2020, 3:05pm

I believe there is still no way to turn off the animation when all items are removed and added to a table, right?

Would there be any other way to update information in existing iOSTableCells which were added to the table using AddRows?

Jeremie_L · May 10, 2020, 9:37pm

[code]//Stop animations
Declare Function NSClassFromString Lib “Foundation.framework” (className As CFStringRef) As Ptr
Declare sub setAnimationsEnabled lib “UIKit.framework” selector “setAnimationsEnabled:” (obj as ptr, value as boolean)
setAnimationsEnabled(NSClassFromString(“UIView”), False)

//Do something in the table

//Allow animations
setAnimationsEnabled(NSClassFromString(“UIView”), True)
[/code]

Christoph_Emrich · May 11, 2020, 3:41pm

Awesome, works like a charm! Thank you!

DerkJ · May 12, 2020, 6:31pm

[quote=488046:@Jeremie Leroy][code]//Stop animations
Declare Function NSClassFromString Lib “Foundation.framework” (className As CFStringRef) As Ptr
Declare sub setAnimationsEnabled lib “UIKit.framework” selector “setAnimationsEnabled:” (obj as ptr, value as boolean)
setAnimationsEnabled(NSClassFromString(“UIView”), False)

//Do something in the table

//Allow animations
setAnimationsEnabled(NSClassFromString(“UIView”), True)
[/code][/quote]

When do you get a job entry @Xojo?

Jeremie_L · May 12, 2020, 10:49pm

No need for a job, I’m thrilled being my own boss for the past three years

DerkJ · May 13, 2020, 1:55pm

If there was a single repository for all the ios stuff it would be more managable to having more ios features. Wouldn’t it be an idea to push the changes to ioskit for example?