[iphone] Select tableview row programmatically

How do I programmatically select a UITableView row so that

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

gets executed? selectRowAtIndexPath will only highlight the row.

There are two different methods for iPad and iPhone platforms, so you need to implement both:

• selection handler and

• segue.

  NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];
  [self.tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
  
  // Selection handler (for horizontal iPad)
  [self tableView:self.tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
  
  // Segue (for iPhone and vertical iPad)
  [self performSegueWithIdentifier:"showDetail" sender:self];
  

Like Jaanus told:

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

So you just have to call the delegate method yourself.

For example:

Swift 3 version:

let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0);
self.tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.none)
self.tableView(self.tableView, didSelectRowAt: indexPath)

ObjectiveC version:

NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];
[self.tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath 
                            animated:YES 
                      scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
[self tableView:self.tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

Swift 2.3 version:

 let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forRow: 0, inSection: 0);
 self.tableView.selectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.None)
 self.tableView(self.tableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath: indexPath)

Swift 3/4/5 Solution

Select Row

let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0)
tblView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true, scrollPosition: .bottom)
myTableView.delegate?.tableView!(myTableView, didSelectRowAt: indexPath)

DeSelect Row

let deselectIndexPath = IndexPath(row: 7, section: 0)
tblView.deselectRow(at: deselectIndexPath, animated: true)
tblView.delegate?.tableView!(tblView, didDeselectRowAt: indexPath)

Use this category to select a table row and execute a given segue after a delay.
Call this within your viewDidAppear method:

[tableViewController delayedSelection:withSegueIdentifier:]


@implementation UITableViewController (TLUtils)

-(void)delayedSelection:(NSIndexPath *)idxPath withSegueIdentifier:(NSString *)segueID {
    if (!idxPath) idxPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];                                                                                                                                                                 
    [self performSelector:@selector(selectIndexPath:) withObject:@{@"NSIndexPath": idxPath, @"UIStoryboardSegue": segueID } afterDelay:0];                                                                                               
}

-(void)selectIndexPath:(NSDictionary *)args {
    NSIndexPath *idxPath = args[@"NSIndexPath"];                                                                                                                                                                                         
    [self.tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:idxPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle];                                                                                                                            

    if ([self.tableView.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath:)])
        [self.tableView.delegate tableView:self.tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:idxPath];                                                                                                                                              

    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:args[@"UIStoryboardSegue"] sender:self];                                                                                                                                                            
}

@end

UITableView's selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition: should do the trick.

Just pass UITableViewScrollPositionNone for scrollPosition and the user won't see any movement.

You should also be able to manually run the action:

[theTableView.delegate tableView:theTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]

after you selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition: so the highlight happens as well as any associated logic.

if you want to select some row this will help you

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

This will also Highlighted the row. Then delegate

 [someTableView.delegate someTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];