[ios] Swipe to Delete and the "More" button (like in Mail app on iOS 7)

How to create a "more" button when user swipe a cell in table view (like mail app in ios 7)

I have been looking for this information both here and in the Cocoa Touch forum, but I cannot seem to find the answer and I am hoping someone smarter than myself can give me a solution.

I would like that when the user swipes a table view cell, to display more than one editing button (he default is the delete button). In the Mail app for iOS 7 you can swipe to delete, but there is a "MORE" button that shows up.

I have created a new library to implement swippable buttons which supports a variety of transitions and expandable buttons like iOS 8 mail app.

https://github.com/MortimerGoro/MGSwipeTableCell

This library is compatible with all the different ways to create a UITableViewCell and its tested on iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7 and iOS 8.

Here a sample of some transitions:

Border transition:

Clip transition

3D Transition:

Here is one simple solution. It is capable to display and hide custom UIView inside UITableViewCell. Displaying logic is contained inside class extended from UITableViewCell, BaseTableViewCell.

BaseTableViewCell.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface BaseTableViewCell : UITableViewCell

@property(nonatomic,strong)UIView* customView;

-(void)showCustomView;

-(void)hideCustomView;

@end

BaseTableViewCell.M

#import "BaseTableViewCell.h"

@interface BaseTableViewCell()
{
    BOOL _isCustomViewVisible;
}

@end

@implementation BaseTableViewCell

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    // Initialization code
}

-(void)prepareForReuse
{
    self.customView = nil;
    _isCustomViewVisible = NO;
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Configure the view for the selected state
}

-(void)showCustomView
{
    if(nil != self.customView)
    {
        if(!_isCustomViewVisible)
        {
            _isCustomViewVisible = YES;

            if(!self.customView.superview)
            {
                CGRect frame = self.customView.frame;
                frame.origin.x = self.contentView.frame.size.width;
                self.customView.frame = frame;
                [self.customView willMoveToSuperview:self.contentView];
                [self.contentView addSubview:self.customView];
                [self.customView didMoveToSuperview];
            }

            __weak BaseTableViewCell* blockSelf = self;
            [UIView animateWithDuration:.5 animations:^(){

                for(UIView* view in blockSelf.contentView.subviews)
                {
                    CGRect frame = view.frame;
                    frame.origin.x = frame.origin.x - blockSelf.customView.frame.size.width;
                    view.frame = frame;
                }
            }];
        }
    }
}

-(void)hideCustomView
{
    if(nil != self.customView)
    {
        if(_isCustomViewVisible)
        {
            __weak BaseTableViewCell* blockSelf = self;
            _isCustomViewVisible = NO;
            [UIView animateWithDuration:.5 animations:^(){
                for(UIView* view in blockSelf.contentView.subviews)
                {
                    CGRect frame = view.frame;
                    frame.origin.x = frame.origin.x + blockSelf.customView.frame.size.width;
                    view.frame = frame;
                }
            }];
        }
    }
}

@end

To get this functionality, simple extend your table view cell from BaseTableViewCell.

Next, Inside UIViewController, which implement UITableViewDelegate, create two gesture recognizers to handle left and right swipes.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    [self.tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:CUSTOM_CELL_NIB_NAME bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:CUSTOM_CELL_ID];

    UISwipeGestureRecognizer* leftSwipeRecognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLeftSwipe:)];
    leftSwipeRecognizer.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft;
    [self.tableView addGestureRecognizer:leftSwipeRecognizer];

    UISwipeGestureRecognizer* rightSwipeRecognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleRightSwipe:)];
    rightSwipeRecognizer.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight;
    [self.tableView addGestureRecognizer:rightSwipeRecognizer];
}

Than add two swipe handlers

- (void)handleLeftSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer*)recognizer
{
    CGPoint point = [recognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
    NSIndexPath* index = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:point];

    UITableViewCell* cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:index];

    if([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(showCustomView)])
    {
        [cell performSelector:@selector(showCustomView)];
    }
}

- (void)handleRightSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer*)recognizer
{
    CGPoint point = [recognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
    NSIndexPath* index = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:point];

    UITableViewCell* cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:index];

    if([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(hideCustomView)])
    {
        [cell performSelector:@selector(hideCustomView)];
    }
}

Now, inside cellForRowAtIndexPath, of UITableViewDelegate, you can create custom UIView and attach it to the dequeued cell.

-(UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    CustomCellTableViewCell* cell = (CustomCellTableViewCell*)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"CustomCellTableViewCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

    NSArray* nibViews = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CellCustomView"
                                                      owner:nil
                                                    options:nil];

    CellCustomView* customView = (CellCustomView*)[ nibViews objectAtIndex: 0];

    cell.customView = customView;

    return cell;
}

Of course, this way of loading of custom UIView is just for this example. Manage it as you want.

I was looking to add the same functionality to my app, and after going through so many different tutorials (raywenderlich being the best DIY solution), I found out that Apple has its own UITableViewRowActionclass, which is very handy.

You have to change the Tableview's boilerpoint method to this:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [AnyObject]?  {
    // 1   
    var shareAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.Default, title: "Share" , handler: { (action:UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath:NSIndexPath!) -> Void in
    // 2
    let shareMenu = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Share using", preferredStyle: .ActionSheet)

    let twitterAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Twitter", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: nil)
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel, handler: nil)

    shareMenu.addAction(twitterAction)
    shareMenu.addAction(cancelAction)


    self.presentViewController(shareMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
    })
    // 3
    var rateAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.Default, title: "Rate" , handler: { (action:UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath:NSIndexPath!) -> Void in
    // 4
    let rateMenu = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Rate this App", preferredStyle: .ActionSheet)

    let appRateAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Rate", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: nil)
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel, handler: nil)

    rateMenu.addAction(appRateAction)
    rateMenu.addAction(cancelAction)


    self.presentViewController(rateMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
    })
    // 5
    return [shareAction,rateAction]
  }

You can find out more about this on This Site. Apple's own documentation is really useful for changing the background colour:

The background color of the action button.

Declaration OBJECTIVE-C @property(nonatomic, copy) UIColor *backgroundColor Discussion Use this property to specify the background color for your button. If you do not specify a value for this property, UIKit assigns a default color based on the value in the style property.

Availability Available in iOS 8.0 and later.

If you want to change the font of the button, it's a bit more tricky. I've seen another post on SO. For the sake of providing the code as well as the link, here's the code they used there. You'd have to change the appearance of the button. You'd have to make a specific reference to tableviewcell, otherwise you'd change the button's appearance throughout your app (I didn't want that, but you might, I don't know :) )

Objective C:

+ (void)setupDeleteRowActionStyleForUserCell {

    UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"AvenirNext-Regular" size:19];

    NSDictionary *attributes = @{NSFontAttributeName: font,
                      NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor whiteColor]};

    NSAttributedString *attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString: @"DELETE"
                                                                          attributes: attributes];

    /*
     * We include UIView in the containment hierarchy because there is another button in UserCell that is a direct descendant of UserCell that we don't want this to affect.
     */
    [[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UIView class], [UserCell class], nil] setAttributedTitle: attributedTitle
                                                                                          forState: UIControlStateNormal];
}

Swift:

    //create your attributes however you want to
    let attributes = [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont.systemFontOfSize(UIFont.systemFontSize())] as Dictionary!            

   //Add more view controller types in the []
    UIButton.appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses([ViewController.self])

This is the easiest, and most stream-lined version IMHO. Hope it helps.

Update: Here's the Swift 3.0 version:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
    var shareAction:UITableViewRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .default, title: "Share", handler: {(action, cellIndexpath) -> Void in
        let shareMenu = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Share using", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)

        let twitterAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Twitter", style: .default, handler: nil)
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: nil)

        shareMenu.addAction(twitterAction)
        shareMenu.addAction(cancelAction)


        self.present(shareMenu,animated: true, completion: nil)
    })

    var rateAction:UITableViewRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .default, title: "Rate" , handler: {(action, cellIndexpath) -> Void in
        // 4
        let rateMenu = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Rate this App", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)

        let appRateAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Rate", style: .default, handler: nil)
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: nil)

        rateMenu.addAction(appRateAction)
        rateMenu.addAction(cancelAction)


        self.present(rateMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
    })
    // 5
    return [shareAction,rateAction]
}

There is an amazing library called SwipeCellKit, it should gain more acknowledgement. In my opinion it is cooler than MGSwipeTableCell. The latter doesn't completely replicate the behavior of the Mail app's cells whereas SwipeCellKit does. Have a look

To improve on Johnny's answer, this can now be done using the public API as follows :

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {

    let moreRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.default, title: "More", handler:{action, indexpath in
        print("MORE•ACTION");
    });
    moreRowAction.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0.298, green: 0.851, blue: 0.3922, alpha: 1.0);

    let deleteRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.default, title: "Delete", handler:{action, indexpath in
        print("DELETE•ACTION");
    });

    return [deleteRowAction, moreRowAction];
}

I hope you cant wait till apple gives you what ever you need right? So here is my option.

Create a custom cell. Have two uiviews in it

1. upper
2. lower

In lower view, add what ever buttons you need. Deal its actions just like any other IBActions. you can decide the animation time, style and anything.

now add a uiswipegesture to the upper view and reveal your lower view on swipe gesture. I have done this before and its the simplest option as far as I am concerned.

Hope that help.

Swift 3 version code without using any library:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {

    @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

        tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: CGRect.zero) //Hiding blank cells.
        tableView.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsets.zero
        tableView.dataSource = self
        tableView.delegate = self
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {

        return 4
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

        let cell: UITableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "tableCell", for: indexPath)

        return cell
    }

    //Enable cell editing methods.
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {

        return true
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, commit editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {

        let more = UITableViewRowAction(style: .normal, title: "More") { action, index in
            //self.isEditing = false
            print("more button tapped")
        }
        more.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray

        let favorite = UITableViewRowAction(style: .normal, title: "Favorite") { action, index in
            //self.isEditing = false
            print("favorite button tapped")
        }
        favorite.backgroundColor = UIColor.orange

        let share = UITableViewRowAction(style: .normal, title: "Share") { action, index in
            //self.isEditing = false
            print("share button tapped")
        }
        share.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue

        return [share, favorite, more]
    }

}

Here's a somewhat fragile way of doing it that does not involve private APIs or constructing your own system. You're hedging your bets that Apple doesn't break this and that hopefully they will release an API that you can replace these few lines of code with.

1. KVO self.contentView.superview.layer.sublayer. Do this in init. This is the UIScrollView's layer. You can't KVO 'subviews'.
2. When subviews changes, find the delete confirmation view within scrollview.subviews. This is done in the observe callback.
3. Double the size of that view and add a UIButton to the left of its only subview. This is also done in the observe callback. The only subview of the delete confirmation view is the delete button.
4. (optional) The UIButton event should look up self.superview until it finds a UITableView and then call a datasource or delegate method you create, such as tableView:commitCustomEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath:. You may find the indexPath of the cell by using [tableView indexPathForCell:self].

This also requires that you implement the standard table view editing delegate callbacks.

static char kObserveContext = 0;

@implementation KZTableViewCell {
    UIScrollView *_contentScrollView;
    UIView *_confirmationView;
    UIButton *_editButton;
    UIButton *_deleteButton;
}

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier {
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {
        _contentScrollView = (id)self.contentView.superview;

        [_contentScrollView.layer addObserver:self
             forKeyPath:@"sublayers"
                options:0
                context:&kObserveContext];

        _editButton = [UIButton new];
        _editButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
        [_editButton setTitle:@"Edit" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [_editButton addTarget:self
                        action:@selector(_editTap)
              forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

    }
    return self;
}

-(void)dealloc {
    [_contentScrollView.layer removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"sublayers" context:&kObserveContext];
}

-(void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {
    if(context != &kObserveContext) {
        [super observeValueForKeyPath:keyPath ofObject:object change:change context:context];
        return;
    }
    if(object == _contentScrollView.layer) {
        for(UIView * view in _contentScrollView.subviews) {
            if([NSStringFromClass(view.class) hasSuffix:@"ConfirmationView"]) {
                _confirmationView = view;
                _deleteButton = [view.subviews objectAtIndex:0];
                CGRect frame = _confirmationView.frame;
                CGRect frame2 = frame;
                frame.origin.x -= frame.size.width;
                frame.size.width *= 2;
                _confirmationView.frame = frame;

                frame2.origin = CGPointZero;
                _editButton.frame = frame2;
                frame2.origin.x += frame2.size.width;
                _deleteButton.frame = frame2;
                [_confirmationView addSubview:_editButton];
                break;
            }
        }
        return;
    }
}

-(void)_editTap {
    UITableView *tv = (id)self.superview;
    while(tv && ![tv isKindOfClass:[UITableView class]]) {
        tv = (id)tv.superview;
    }
    id<UITableViewDelegate> delegate = tv.delegate;
    if([delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(tableView:editTappedForRowWithIndexPath:)]) {
        NSIndexPath *ip = [tv indexPathForCell:self];
        // define this in your own protocol
        [delegate tableView:tv editTappedForRowWithIndexPath:ip];
    }
}
@end

THIS COULD HELP YOU OUT.

-(NSArray *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editActionsForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 UITableViewRowAction *button = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 1" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
    {
        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button 1");
    }];
    button.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; //arbitrary color
    UITableViewRowAction *button2 = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 2" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
                                    {
                                        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button2!");
                                    }];
    button2.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor]; //arbitrary color

    return @[button, button2]; //array with all the buttons you want. 1,2,3, etc...
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// you need to implement this method too or nothing will work:

}
 - (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        return YES; //tableview must be editable or nothing will work...
    }

As of iOS 11 this is publicly available in UITableViewDelegate. Here's some sample code:

- (UISwipeActionsConfiguration *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UIContextualAction *delete = [UIContextualAction contextualActionWithStyle:UIContextualActionStyleDestructive
                                                                         title:@"DELETE"
                                                                       handler:^(UIContextualAction * _Nonnull action, __kindof UIView * _Nonnull sourceView, void (^ _Nonnull completionHandler)(BOOL)) {
                                                                           NSLog(@"index path of delete: %@", indexPath);
                                                                           completionHandler(YES);
                                                                       }];

    UIContextualAction *rename = [UIContextualAction contextualActionWithStyle:UIContextualActionStyleNormal
                                                                         title:@"RENAME"
                                                                       handler:^(UIContextualAction * _Nonnull action, __kindof UIView * _Nonnull sourceView, void (^ _Nonnull completionHandler)(BOOL)) {
                                                                           NSLog(@"index path of rename: %@", indexPath);
                                                                           completionHandler(YES);
                                                                       }];

    UISwipeActionsConfiguration *swipeActionConfig = [UISwipeActionsConfiguration configurationWithActions:@[rename, delete]];
    swipeActionConfig.performsFirstActionWithFullSwipe = NO;

    return swipeActionConfig;
}

Also available:

- (UISwipeActionsConfiguration *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView leadingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;

Docs: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitableviewdelegate/2902367-tableview?language=objc

Johnny's answer is the right one to upvote. I'm just adding this below in objective-c to make it clearer to beginners (and those of us who refuse to learn Swift syntax :)

Make sure you declare the uitableviewdelegate and have the following methods:

 -(NSArray *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView editActionsForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 UITableViewRowAction *button = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 1" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
    {
        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button 1");
    }];
    button.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; //arbitrary color
    UITableViewRowAction *button2 = [UITableViewRowAction rowActionWithStyle:UITableViewRowActionStyleDefault title:@"Button 2" handler:^(UITableViewRowAction *action, NSIndexPath *indexPath)
                                    {
                                        NSLog(@"Action to perform with Button2!");
                                    }];
    button2.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor]; //arbitrary color

    return @[button, button2]; //array with all the buttons you want. 1,2,3, etc...
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// you need to implement this method too or nothing will work:

}
 - (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canEditRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        return YES; //tableview must be editable or nothing will work...
    }

You need to subclass UITableViewCell and subclass method willTransitionToState:(UITableViewCellStateMask)state which is called whenever user swipes the cell. The state flags will let you know if the Delete button is showing, and show/hide your More button there.

Unfortunately this method gives you neither the width of the Delete button nor the animation time. So you need to observer & hard-code your More button's frame and animation time into your code (I personally think Apple needs to do something about this).

How to Implement

It looks like iOS 8 opens up this API. Hints of such functionality are present in Beta 2.

To get something working, implement the following two methods on your UITableView's delegate to get the desired effect (see gist for an example).

- tableView:editActionsForRowAtIndexPath:
- tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath:

Known Issues

The documentation says tableView:commitEditingStyle:forRowAtIndexPath is:

"Not called for edit actions using UITableViewRowAction - the action's handler will be invoked instead."

However, the swiping doesn't work without it. Even if the method stub is blank, it still needs it, for now. This is most obviously a bug in beta 2.

Sources

https://twitter.com/marksands/status/481642991745265664 https://gist.github.com/marksands/76558707f583dbb8f870

Original Answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24540538/870028

Update:

Sample code with this working (In Swift): http://dropbox.com/s/0fvxosft2mq2v5m/DeleteRowExampleSwift.zip

The sample code contains this easy-to-follow method in MasterViewController.swift, and with just this method you get the behavior shown in the OP screenshot:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [AnyObject]? {

    var moreRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.Default, title: "More", handler:{action, indexpath in
        println("MORE•ACTION");
    });
    moreRowAction.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0.298, green: 0.851, blue: 0.3922, alpha: 1.0);

    var deleteRowAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: UITableViewRowActionStyle.Default, title: "Delete", handler:{action, indexpath in
        println("DELETE•ACTION");
    });

    return [deleteRowAction, moreRowAction];
}

This is not possible using the standard SDK. However there are various 3rd party solutions that more or less imitate the behavior in Mail.app. Some of them (e.g. MCSwipeTableViewCell, DAContextMenuTableViewController, RMSwipeTableViewCell) detect swipes using gesture recognizers, some of them (e.g. SWTableViewCell) put a second UISScrollView below the standard UITableViewCellScrollView (private subview of UITableViewCell) and some of them modify the behavior of UITableViewCellScrollView.

I like the last approach most since the touch handling feels most natural. Specifically, MSCMoreOptionTableViewCell is good. Your choice may vary depending on your specific needs (whether you need a left-to-right pan, too, whether you need iOS 6 compatibility, etc.). Also be aware that most of these approaches come with a burden: they can easily break in a future iOS version if Apple makes changes in the UITableViewCell subview hierarchy.

Swift 4 & iOs 11+

@available(iOS 11.0, *)
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration? {

    let delete = UIContextualAction(style: .destructive, title: "Delete") { _, _, handler in

        handler(true)
        // handle deletion here
    }

    let more = UIContextualAction(style: .normal, title: "More") { _, _, handler in

        handler(true)
        // handle more here
    }

    return UISwipeActionsConfiguration(actions: [delete, more])
}

For swift programming

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, commitEditingStyle editingStyle: UITableViewCellEditingStyle, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
  if editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Delete {
    deleteModelAt(indexPath.row)
    self.tableView.deleteRowsAtIndexPaths([indexPath], withRowAnimation: .Automatic)
  }
  else if editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyle.Insert {
    println("insert editing action")
  }
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> [AnyObject]? {
  var archiveAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Default, title: "Archive",handler: { (action: UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath: NSIndexPath!) in
        // maybe show an action sheet with more options
        self.tableView.setEditing(false, animated: false)
      }
  )
  archiveAction.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()

  var deleteAction = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Normal, title: "Delete",
      handler: { (action: UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath: NSIndexPath!) in
        self.deleteModelAt(indexPath.row)
        self.tableView.deleteRowsAtIndexPaths([indexPath], withRowAnimation: .Automatic);
      }
  );
  deleteAction.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()

  return [deleteAction, archiveAction]
}

func deleteModelAt(index: Int) {
  //... delete logic for model
}

This is (rather ridiculously) a private API.

The following two methods are private and sent to the UITableView's delegate:

-(NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForSwipeAccessoryButtonForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView swipeAccessoryButtonPushedForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;

They are pretty self explanatory.

Actual Swift 3 Answer

This is the ONLY function you need. You do not need CanEdit or CommitEditingStyle functions for custom actions.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
    let action1 = UITableViewRowAction(style: .default, title: "Action1", handler: {
        (action, indexPath) in
        print("Action1")
    })
    action1.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray
    let action2 = UITableViewRowAction(style: .default, title: "Action2", handler: {
        (action, indexPath) in
        print("Action2")
    })
    return [action1, action2]
}

I used tableViewCell to show multiple data, after swipe () right to left on a cell it will show two buttons Approve And reject, there are two methods, the first one is ApproveFunc which takes one argument, and the another one is RejectFunc which also takes one argument.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editActionsForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UITableViewRowAction]? {
        let Approve = UITableViewRowAction(style: .normal, title: "Approve") { action, index in

            self.ApproveFunc(indexPath: indexPath)
        }
        Approve.backgroundColor = .green

        let Reject = UITableViewRowAction(style: .normal, title: "Reject") { action, index in

            self.rejectFunc(indexPath: indexPath)
        }
        Reject.backgroundColor = .red



        return [Reject, Approve]
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canEditRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
        return true
    }

    func ApproveFunc(indexPath: IndexPath) {
        print(indexPath.row)
    }
    func rejectFunc(indexPath: IndexPath) {
        print(indexPath.row)
    }

Swift 4

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, trailingSwipeActionsConfigurationForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UISwipeActionsConfiguration? {
    let delete = UIContextualAction(style: .destructive, title: "Delete") { (action, sourceView, completionHandler) in
        print("index path of delete: \(indexPath)")
        completionHandler(true)
    }
    let rename = UIContextualAction(style: .normal, title: "Edit") { (action, sourceView, completionHandler) in
        print("index path of edit: \(indexPath)")
        completionHandler(true)
    }
    let swipeActionConfig = UISwipeActionsConfiguration(actions: [rename, delete])
    swipeActionConfig.performsFirstActionWithFullSwipe = false
    return swipeActionConfig
}