How to Add a Button with Click Event on Uitableviewcell in Swift

How to add a button with click event on UITableViewCell in Swift?

Popular patterns for solving this problem are closures and delegates.
If you want to use closures, you would do something like this:

final class MyCell: UITableViewCell {
    var actionBlock: (() -> Void)? = nil

then

    @IBAction func didTapButton(sender: UIButton) {
        actionBlock?()
    }

then in your tableview delegate:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) - > UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("MyCellIdentifier") as? MyCell
    cell?.actionBlock = {
       //Do whatever you want to do when the button is tapped here
    }

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A popular alternative is to use the delegate pattern:

    protocol MyCellDelegate: class {
        func didTapButtonInCell(_ cell: MyCell)
    }

    final class MyCell: UITableViewCell {
        weak var delegate: MyCellDelegate?

then

    @IBAction func didTapButton(sender: UIButton) {
        delegate?.didTapButtonInCell(self)
    }

..
Now in your view controller:

then in your tableview delegate:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) - > UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("MyCellIdentifier") as? MyCell
    cell?.delegate = self

And add conformance to the protocol like this:

extension MyViewController: MyCellDelegate {
    didTapButtonInCell(_ cell: MyCell) {
       //Do whatever you want to do when the button is tapped here
    }
}

Hope this helps!

Add button to uitableview cell programmatically

Create a subclass of UITableViewcell -

class MyCell: UITableViewCell {
    
    var buttonTapCallback: () -> ()  = { }
    
    let button: UIButton = {
        let btn = UIButton()
        btn.setTitle("Button", for: .normal)
        btn.backgroundColor = .systemPink
        btn.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 14)
        return btn
    }()
    
    let label: UILabel = {
       let lbl = UILabel()
        lbl.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16)
        lbl.textColor = .systemPink
       return lbl
    }()
    
    @objc func didTapButton() {
        buttonTapCallback()
    }
    
    override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
        //Add button
        contentView.addSubview(button)
        button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(didTapButton), for: .touchUpInside)
        
        //Set constraints as per your requirements
        button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        button.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.leadingAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
        button.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.topAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
        button.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100).isActive = true
        button.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor, constant: -10).isActive = true
        
        //Add label
        contentView.addSubview(label)
        //Set constraints as per your requirements
        label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        label.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: button.trailingAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
        label.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.topAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
        label.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.trailingAnchor, constant: -10).isActive = true
        label.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor, constant: -10).isActive = true
    }
    
    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }
    
}

Now in your view controller register this cell -

myTableView.register(MyCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "MyCell")

Now load this cell using cellForRowAt method -

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MyCell", for: indexPath) as! MyCell
        cell.label.text = ""
        cell.buttonTapCallback = {
            cell.label.text = "Hi"
        }
        return cell
    }

how to distinguish button in tableviewcell click event and tableviewcell click event

I had thought the issue was caused by the layer sequence. Then with the help of @AndreaMugnaini, @FahriAzimov, @MilanNosáľ, I know the layer sequence was not the issue.

Then I think it may caused by the layout. So I check the constraints, I find there is one extra constraint. I removed the 8.5 constraint, it works well.

UITableViewCell Buttons with action

I was resolving this using a cell delegate method within UITableViewCell's subclass.

Quick overview:

1) Create a protocol

protocol YourCellDelegate : class {
    func didPressButton(_ tag: Int)
}

2) Subclass your UITableViewCell (if you haven't done so):

class YourCell : UITableViewCell
{
     var cellDelegate: YourCellDelegate?   
      @IBOutlet weak var btn: UIButton!
    // connect the button from your cell with this method
    @IBAction func buttonPressed(_ sender: UIButton) {
        cellDelegate?.didPressButton(sender.tag)
    }         
    ...
}

3) Let your view controller conform to YourCellDelegate protocol that was implemented above.

class YourViewController: ..., YourCellDelegate {  ... }

4) Set a delegate, after the cell has been defined (for reusing).

let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier, for: indexPath) as! YourCell
cell.cellDelegate = self
cell.btn.tag = indexPath.row

5) In the same controller (where is your implemented UITableView delegate/datasource), put a method from YourCellDelegate protocol.

func didPressButton(_ tag: Int) {
     print("I have pressed a button with a tag: \(tag)")
}

Now, your solution is not tag / number dependent. You can add as many buttons as you want, so you are ready to get response via delegate regardless how many buttons you want to install.

This protocol-delegate solution is preferred in iOS logic and it can be used for other elements in table cell, like UISwitch, UIStepper, and so on.

Swift - Clicked button inside tableview cell does not call the did select row at function of that cell

Button action won't call the didSelectRowAt. You should go for delegate method. If not aware about delegate means refer this

Get button click inside UITableViewCell

1) In your cellForRowAtIndexPath: method, assign button tag as index:

cell.yourbutton.tag = indexPath.row;

2) Add target and action for your button as below:

[cell.yourbutton addTarget:self action:@selector(yourButtonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

3) Code actions based on index as below in ViewControler:

-(void)yourButtonClicked:(UIButton*)sender
{
     if (sender.tag == 0) 
     {
         // Your code here
     }
}

Updates for multiple Section:

You can check this link to detect button click in table view for multiple row and section.

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