didSelectRowAtIndexPath event not triggered when select row programmatically

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I would like to select a cell in a tableView. It is working properly using this code, but once selected programmatically it does not trigger a didSelectRowAtIndexPath event. How can I trigger it?

NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];
[self.mainTable selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];

score 29 · Accepted Answer · edited May 18 '12 at 21:54

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It is working as documented:

Calling this method does not cause the delegate to receive a tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: or tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: message, nor will it send UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification notifications to observers.

Call it yourself after selecting your cell:

NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];

[self tableView:self.mainTable willSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
[self.mainTable selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
[self tableView:self.mainTable didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

edited May 18 '12 at 21:54

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answered Jan 02 '12 at 22:14

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For future travelers: This is a great explanation of why this doesn't work, but I believe this is a more comprehensive solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2305781/iphone-didselectrowatindexpath-not-invoked – kbpontius Jun 17 '15 at 17:40

didSelectRowAtIndexPath event not triggered when select row programmatically

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