UITableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath not being called on first tap

Question

I'm having an issue with UITableView's didSelectRowAtIndexPath of ios 5, which is correct in ios 4.

The first time I tap any row in the table, the method does not get called. Once I select another row, it call the didSelectRowAtIndexPath, but pass the last indexPath.

I've set tableView.delegate already, and it can run correctly in ios4.

MainView.xib
UITabBarController
     --UINavigationController
         --**UITableViewController**

Any suggestions?

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.tableView.delegate = self;
    self.tableView.dataSource = self;
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 10;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
    cell.textLabel.text = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:@"%d",indexPath.row];
    return cell;
}

#pragma mark - Table view delegate

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSLog(@"%d",indexPath.row);
}

Can you post the code? Are you sure you haven't implemented didDeselectRowAtIndexPath instead? — , Feb 01 '12 at 14:21
This should work no problem. Is this class a subclass of UITableViewController? If it is than there is no need to set delegate in viewDidLoad method cos it's already assigned. Otherwise add delegate in class .h file in brackets . — Borut Tomazin, Feb 02 '12 at 07:48
@AnnaKarenina - I hit this issue this morning, Anna Karenina has saved my skin again - thanks :) — bodacious, Mar 22 '12 at 15:11
@AnnaKarenina - Thank you! *So* tricky, especially since 'deselect' precedes 'select' alphabetically. — Timo, Oct 23 '12 at 18:27
possible duplicate of [UITableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath: not being called on first tap](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2106292/uitableview-didselectrowatindexpath-not-being-called-on-first-tap) — Donal Fellows, Nov 15 '12 at 12:01
Being working with table views and controllers on daily basis and just faced the very same issue. Thanks to @AnnaKarenina I know the reason, did autocomplete with didDeselectRowAtIndexPath. — i4niac, Nov 15 '12 at 12:44
is this issue solved? can you please answer (your own) the question, so we can close this!? — Roger, Dec 04 '12 at 09:06
this work fine on my side and work on first tap and give correct ans — Waseem Shah, Feb 15 '13 at 08:46

Jan Carlo Viray · Answer 1 · 2016-06-26T23:50:08.053

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You may have implemented (notice the Deselect): didDeselectRowAtIndexPath

...hence the trigger upon selecting a new cell which deselects the first one, and logging indexPath as the first one as well.

SOLUTION: didSelectRowAtIndexPath

yeah, they look super similar, and it doesn't help that didDeselectRowAtIndexPath is the first method Xcode's autocomplete selects most of the time.

FULL CODE:

// right
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {}

edited Jun 26 '16 at 23:50

answered Nov 02 '13 at 00:55

Jan Carlo Viray

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thanks! was wondering why my alert view was showing the details of the last selected row! – Rajeev Bhatia Jul 21 '14 at 11:54
Just came here for a very similar issue I was having with my iOS8 Swift project. This is exactly what I had done. Thanks! – Jase Jun 09 '15 at 11:53
Would help a bit if you **bold** Select and Deselect. It takes a bit of staring to see it. – gjpc Jul 14 '15 at 15:29
Thanks, 30 minutes wasted; could have been more though – Fouad Jun 26 '16 at 11:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '13 at 13:05

Please, try to change your -viewDidLoad to the code below (insert last line). Tell me about the results.

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.tableView.delegate = self;
    self.tableView.dataSource = self;
    [self.tableView reloadData];
}

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 04 '14 at 04:33

I am not sure if this has been answered but I was running with this issue and just like "Anna Karenina" commented above. Make sure that you pay close attention to detail.

This is cause by you implementing the DEselect

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

This will cause the first click not to work but following clicks and any other cell will work as expected.

Solution: make sure you pay attention and use didSelectRowAtIndexPath

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

hope that helps and like I mention before this was solved by "Anna Karenina"

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 06:16

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Please Connect Delegate from Xib to Files Owners. Then Try it Will Work.

answered Dec 27 '12 at 06:16

Jaha Rabari

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 08 '13 at 12:42

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Add this code in your viewDidLoad method

[self.tableView reloadData]

edited Mar 08 '13 at 12:42

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 02 '16 at 12:37

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I had a UIGestureRecognizer on the view inside of the storyboard. I had to remove it and it worked like normal.

answered May 02 '16 at 12:37

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 31 '16 at 21:21

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I also had this problem when passing data to another VC. I solved it by switching to a manual segue from the Table VC to the detail VC.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        selectedData = data[indexPath.row]

        performSegue(withIdentifier: "Detail", sender: self)
}

answered Oct 31 '16 at 21:21

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how that should solve it if the didselect method is being called at all ? please help me to understand more thanks :) – ahmedHegazi May 17 '17 at 08:56

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