Selecting and Deselecting UITableViewCells - Swift

Question

Currently I am able to tap a cell and select it using didSelectRowAtIndexPath. However, I am unable to deselect it when tapped. I wish to toggle these two features.

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {


    var selectedCell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)!
    selectedCell.backgroundColor = UIColor.purpleColor()

    tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true)

}

• I have a TableView in my View Controller.
• The dataSource and delegate are already set up.
• Multiple selection is enabled in UIBuilder for the table.

Solution 1

I could have sworn I tried this before and it didn't work then.

I decided to use two functions..

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    var selectedCell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)!
    selectedCell.backgroundColor = UIColor.purpleColor()        
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    var deselectedCell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)!
    deselectedCell.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
}

Solution 2

have you tried to create a simple bool and verify in the next tap. If its true you use the code bellow else you keep it tapped until you tap it again

tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)

Comments

[Felipe]

Bloody hell, mate! Thanks a million. Cheers.