Scrolling between sections in UITableView with selected cells

Question

I have a UITableView with two sections and I have a button which changes the tableview to edit mode but only the bottom section is editable.

When I select rows and scroll only in the bottom section (which is in edit mode) the rows keep there selection. But if I scroll up until the bottom section is hidden and return back the bottom section the selection has been cleared.

The scrolling between the sections clears the selection.

Why is this happening? How can this be fixed?

Possible duplicate of [UITableView selected cell doesn't stay selected when scrolled](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13275405/uitableview-selected-cell-doesnt-stay-selected-when-scrolled) — Mihriban Minaz, Apr 14 '16 at 12:32
Do you have two different cell identifiers for the two sections? — Magoo, Apr 14 '16 at 12:33
No, they are the same because they are the same cell from the storyboard. — daniel3223, Apr 14 '16 at 13:26
Thanks @Magoo, you put me in the right direction to fix my bug. I needed 2 different identifiers for the 2 sections. — daniel3223, Apr 14 '16 at 14:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '16 at 14:48

So just for posterity. In general even if tableview cells are the same class if they have different behaviour when it comes to things like editabilty it's often better to have two separate CellIdentifier strings to avoid a lot of switching between states.

Can be as simple as

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
static NSString *CellIdentifier2 = @"Cell2";


NSString *identifierString = indexPath.section == 0 ? CellIdentifier:CellIdentifier2;

MYTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifierString];

if (!cell)
    cell = [[MYTableViewCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identifierString];

Scrolling between sections in UITableView with selected cells

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