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iOS Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App Relating Users in Parse.com Adding Friends by Tapping on a Table View Cell

Posted by Dan Rudolf
Dan Rudolf
6,047 Points

Not sure why you would want to incorporate an if statement here.

why not just add the cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckMark since were already working within the 'didSelectRowAtIndexPath' method?

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Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

so you can remove a checkmark you already added. if you click it a checkmark gets added, if you click it again it gets taken away. The if statement is necessary. Without it you could only add checkmarks, not remove them if you wanted to