iOS deselecting a tableviewcontroller cell

[theprizerevealed]

hi,

I have TableViewController in my app with an embedded Navigation Controller. When I wish to return to the TableViewController by using the back button then the cell will no longer deselect automatically in the latest version of iOS as it did before. Can someone tell me what the code might be to deselect a highlighted cell and where should I place it? Basically I want the highlighting to disappear. Currently, it stays highlighted.

I have read some suggestions on various websites but they don't seem to work me. Thanks for your help.

 

[xStep]

Use deselctRow or setSelected in viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear.

If only one row is selected use indexPathForSelectedRow to get its index.

 

[theprizerevealed]

Maybe I'm explaining this the wrong way. To highlight the cell I was changing the background color of the cell. For older versions of iOS then this background color would revert to the original background color. For whatever reason that does not happen anymore. Would I simply change the background color of the cell in viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear?

 

[xStep]

That sounds like an idea to try.

 

[Mascots]

If you are using a UITableViewController and UINavigationController, this behavior is automatic and you shouldn't need to manually deselect the cell when popping the current view off the stack.

For this to happen, you need to ensure viewDidAppear doesn't have any conflicting code and that its super is called. You will also need to make sure you are drawing anything background related in the backgroundView and selectedBackgroundView and not the contentView.

You'll know this is working properly, because if you use the "swipe-back" behavior and hold it, the alpha of selectedBackgroundView will change according to the top view's position.