Hello everyone! I'm teaching myself Swift while using SwiftUI (Xcode 12). I'm building an app that simulates the Contact app on iOS. I got the basics right except for one.

I can swipe a cell that shows the delete button but I want mine to behave just like Apple's where you click a button to toggle showing/hiding the delete button for the cell. See images:

And

How to toggle that delete action when I click the red image/icon? That button is located in the cell.

I think this is what you are asking?

Add to view

.toolbar {
    EditButton()
}

See Paul's Adding swipe to delete and EditButton

Hi Nigel.

Not really. I wont be showing an edit button on top right of NavigationBar. In fact, I do not have any for this view. Let's look at an example:

List {

   ForEach(0..<5, id: \.self) { num in {
       CellView(...)
   }
   .onDelete(...) // this works on swipe

}

[..]

// Inside CellView struct

HStack {

  Button("minus", action: {

    // What to call here to toggle the "delete slide out"?

  })

}

You see, my CellView has a button that when clicked should mimic a swipe action that brings out the delete button.

EDIT

This post gave me answer. What I needed was:

// body:

  List {
    //...
  }.environment(\.editMode, .constant(EditMode.active)) // <-- and this will always be active