UITableView set multiple cell as selected?

Question

In my table view I've two sections with different custom cell for both section.I want to select one row from each section.Is it possible? Here is my approach -

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    UITableViewCell *cell;
    if (indexPath.section == 0) {
        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"categoryCell";
        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        if (cell == nil) {
            cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        }
        ReportCategoryCell* catCell = (ReportCategoryCell *)cell;
        if (indexPath == selectedCategoryIndexPath)
        {
            catCell.selected = YES;
        }
        else
        {
            catCell.selected = NO;
        }
        catCell.categoryLabel.text = [categories objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    }
    else
    {
        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"durationCell";
        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        if (cell == nil) {
            cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        }
        ReportDurationCell* durationCell = (ReportDurationCell *)cell;
        if (indexPath == selectedDurationIndexPath) {

            durationCell.selected = YES;
        }
        else
        {
            durationCell.selected = NO;
        }
        durationCell.reportDurtionLabel.text = [durations objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    }

    cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:88/255.0 green:55/255.0 blue:175/255.0 alpha:1.0];
    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
    return cell;
}

and

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

    if (indexPath.section == 0) {
        selectedCategoryIndexPath = indexPath;
    }
    else
    {
        selectedDurationIndexPath = indexPath;
    }

}

But it select only one row from either section(i want to select one row from each section).also i need first row of each section selected by default.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2728152/select-first-row-as-default-in-uitableview - try to use suggested code and implement your custom cell. — Himanshu padia, Aug 04 '14 at 13:04
Do your custom cells actually show up? Because it looks like you're declaring `default` style cells and returning those. While you declare your custom cells and set some attributes on them, they never actually get returned. — Stonz2, Aug 04 '14 at 13:09
possible duplicate of [UITableView Multiple Selection](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3040894/uitableview-multiple-selection); in particular, check out the answer by Raphael Oliveira — herzbube, Aug 04 '14 at 13:46

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '14 at 05:31

Add a bool property in your custom cell's header files. and make following changes (Assuming that you have initialised selectedCategoryIndexPath and selectedDurationIndexPath appropriately) -

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    UITableViewCell *cell;
    if (indexPath.section == 0) {

        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"categoryCell";
        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        if (cell == nil) {
            cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        }
        ReportCategoryCell* catCell = (ReportCategoryCell *)cell;
        if (indexPath.row == selectedCategoryIndexPath.row) {
        catCell.isSelected = YES;
        }
        else
        catCell.isSelected = NO;

        catCell.categoryLabel.text = [categories objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        catCell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:88/255.0 green:55/255.0 blue:175/255.0 alpha:1.0];
        catCell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
        return catCell;
    }
    else
    {
        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"durationCell";
        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        if (cell == nil) {
            cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        }
        ReportDurationCell* durationCell = (ReportDurationCell *)cell;
        if (indexPath.row == selectedDurationIndexPath.row) {
        durationCell.isSelected = YES;
        }
        else
        durationCell.isSelected = NO;

        durationCell.reportDurtionLabel.text = [durations objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        durationCell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:88/255.0 green:55/255.0 blue:175/255.0 alpha:1.0];
        durationCell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
        return durationCell;
    }
} 
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (indexPath.section == 0) {
        selectedCategoryIndexPath = indexPath;
    }
    else
    {
        selectedDurationIndexPath = indexPath;
    }
     [self.tableView reloadData];
}

UITableView set multiple cell as selected?

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