How to Get Notified of Uitableviewcell Move Start and End

How to get notified of UITableViewCell move start and end?

Your UITableViewDelegate will receive the following notifications in response to reordering actions:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willBeginReorderingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didEndReorderingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didCancelReorderingRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;

How to detect the end of loading of UITableView

Improve to @RichX answer:
lastRow can be both [tableView numberOfRowsInSection: 0] - 1 or ((NSIndexPath*)[[tableView indexPathsForVisibleRows] lastObject]).row.
So the code will be:

-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    if([indexPath row] == ((NSIndexPath*)[[tableView indexPathsForVisibleRows] lastObject]).row){
        //end of loading
        //for example [activityIndicator stopAnimating];
    }
}

UPDATE:
Well, @htafoya's comment is right. If you want this code to detect end of loading all data from source, it wouldn't, but that's not the original question. This code is for detecting when all cells that are meant to be visible are displayed. willDisplayCell: used here for smoother UI (single cell usually displays fast after willDisplay: call). You could also try it with tableView:didEndDisplayingCell:.

Detect drag event of UITableViewCell

While Bala's comment went into the right direction, I initially had some problems with the right implementation. Now I found out how it can be done. In short: You have to create a custom subclass of UITableViewCell. Override layoutSubviews to attach a UILongPressGestureRecognizer to UITableViewCellReorderControl. Define a protocol and use a delegate to inform whoever you want to about the dragging state.

CustomTableViewCell.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@protocol CustomTableViewCellDelegate;

@interface CustomTableViewCell : UITableViewCell {
}

@property (nonatomic, assign) id <CustomTableViewCellDelegate> delegate;

@end

@protocol CustomTableViewCellDelegate
- (void)CustomTableViewCell:(CustomTableViewCell *)cell isDragging:(BOOL)value;
@end

CustomTableViewCell.m:

#import "CustomTableViewCell.h"

@implementation CustomTableViewCell

@synthesize delegate = _delegate;

- (void)handleGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
    if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
        [_delegate CustomTableViewCell:self isDragging:YES];    // Dragging started
    } else if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        [_delegate CustomTableViewCell:self isDragging:NO];     // Dragging ended
    }
}

- (void)layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];

    for (UIView *view in self.subviews) {
        if ([NSStringFromClass ([view class]) rangeOfString:@"ReorderControl"].location != NSNotFound) {    // UITableViewCellReorderControl
            if (view.gestureRecognizers.count == 0) {
                UILongPressGestureRecognizer *gesture = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGesture:)];
                gesture.cancelsTouchesInView    = NO;
                gesture.minimumPressDuration    = 0.150;
                [view addGestureRecognizer:gesture];
            }
        }
    }
}

@end

Be aware that while this code doesn't use any private APIs it still might stop working if Apple changes its internal implementation (i.e. by changing the classname of UITableViewCellReorderControl).

How do I notify the UITableViewController of events from a UITableViewCell subclass?

Using a delegate is a good pattern to use for this. Your custom cell class should define a protocol and a delegate property. The view controller should set itself as the cell's delegate and the view controller should implement the cell's protocol method(s). Make sure one of the parameters of the protocol methods is the cell.

The view controller can ask the table view for the index path of the cell if that is needed. There is no need for the cell to know its index path. Since rows and sections can be added/deleted, it is bad form for a cell to be told what its index path since it could change at any time.

iOS - Detect UITableViewCell being moved out of the visible view?

On versions of iOS older than 6.0, the table view doesn't send the tableView:didEndDisplayingCell:forRowAtIndexPath: message.

If you are using a subclass of UITableViewCell, you can get the same effect on older versions of iOS by overriding didMoveToWindow:

- (void)didMoveToWindow {
    if (self.window == nil) {
        // I have been removed from the table view.
    }
}

You may need to give your cell a (weak or unsafe_unretained) reference back to your table view delegate so you can send the delegate a message.

However, you can't rely only on didMoveToWindow for all versions of iOS. Before iOS 6, a table view always removed a table view cell as a subview before reusing it, so the cell would always receive didMoveToWindow before being reused. However, starting in iOS 6, a table view can reuse a cell without removing it as a subview. The table view will simply change the cell's frame to move it to its new location. This means that starting in iOS 6, a cell does not always receive didMoveToWindow before being reused.

So you should implement both didMoveToWindow in your cell subclass, and tableView:didEndDisplayingCell:forRowAtIndexPath: in your delegate, and make sure it works if both are called, or if just one is called.

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