Put checkmark in the left side of UITableViewCell
ios, iphone, objective-c, uitableview
Solution
The answer is YES! You don't have to create a custom cell for that or add image views. To simulate checkboxes you only have to prepend a unicode symbol for a checkbox state to the cell text.
The unicode symbols I'm using for checkboxes are `\u2705` for checked and `\u2B1C` for unchecked (nearly the same as `\U0001F533` on iOS 5). iOS renders several unicode symbols as icons.
Here are some other symbols:
@"\u2611", @"\u2B1C", @"\u2705", @"\u26AB", @"\u26AA", @"\u2714", @"\U0001F44D", @"\U0001F44E"
Imitating the Wi-Fi settings page (with `UITableViewCellStyleValue1`):
cell.textLabel.text = @"\u2001 Wi-Fi 1";
cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"\U0001F512 \u268A";
cell.textLabel.text = @"\u2001 Wi-Fi 2";
cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"\U0001F512 \u268C";
cell.textLabel.text = @"\u2713 Wi-Fi 3";
cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"\U0001F513 \u2630";
Problem
I want to make something similar to the WiFi settings page: when you tap the table cell, put a checkbox in the left side of the cell, and have a disclosure button accessory view on the right to show more details. My question: is there a way to put the checkmark in the left side of a UITableViewCell without building a custom UITableViewCell ?