UITableView not displaying delete/move icons??

Question

I have a viewcontroller that implements the UITableViewDelegate
@interface SettingsViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate> {
IBOutlet UITableView *settingsTableView;
I implement the methods that should show the delete/move icon buttons in the table but they won't show up. Can't figure out why??
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
if (self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]) {
self.title = @"Settings";
self.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Gears.png"];
UINavigationItem *navigationItem = self.navigationItem;
navigationItem.title = @"Name Settings";
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
return self;
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete) {
[tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationLeft];
- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return YES;
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)fromIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)toIndexPath {
NSDictionary *currentName =[[[boyNameChoices objectAtIndex:fromIndexPath.row] retain] autorelease];
[boyNameChoices removeObjectAtIndex:fromIndexPath.row];
[boyNameChoices insertObject:currentName atIndex:toIndexPath.row];
I can swipe left to right and get the red delete button on the right but not the circle and most importantly not the move icon on the right of the cell.

Answer 1

Oops - I overlooked that. I just remembered the other half of what is needed. Since your view controller is a UIViewController and not a UITableViewController you need more plumbing to make the Edit/Done button work. The Edit/Done button is going to call your view controller's setEditing method, not the table's.
You need to override the 'setEditing:(BOOL)editing' method in your view controller like this:
- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing {
[self setEditing:editing];
[settingsTableView setEditing:editing];
I also prefer to make configuration changes like adding the Edit button in the view controller's 'viewDidLoad' method instead of the 'init' method. It's safer because you know the nib is fully loaded and all your outlet's are setup.
Of course the other option is to extend UITableViewController and let it do 90% of the work for you.