Hide "Show More" button from Today widget in iOS10

Gison George picture Gison George · Jul 21, 2016 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

I am building an iOS Today widget, and while testing for iOS 10, I see a "Show More" / "Show Less" button on the top right of the widget header. How can I remove this button? I am using Objective-C.

Answer

Moxarth picture Moxarth · Oct 24, 2016

In iOS 10, as far as I know, the show more option is new and we cannot remove it, but we can modify it as needed.

The following code will allow you to automatically size the Today widget. Just change the table or collection view or whatever you used in your project.

static CGFloat padding = 25.0;

- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.

    // This will remove extra separators from tableview
    self.articleTableView.tableFooterView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];

    // Add the iOS 10 Show More ability
    [self.extensionContext setWidgetLargestAvailableDisplayMode:NCWidgetDisplayModeExpanded];
}

- (void)widgetActiveDisplayModeDidChange:(NCWidgetDisplayMode)activeDisplayMode withMaximumSize:(CGSize)maxSize {
   if (activeDisplayMode == NCWidgetDisplayModeCompact){
       // Changed to compact mode
       self.preferredContentSize = maxSize;
   }
   else{
       // Changed to expanded mode
       self.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(self.articleTableView.contentSize.width, self.articleTableView.contentSize.height + padding);
   }
}