Detecting cell is selected in UITableView in cellForRowAtIndexPath in Swift

Question

I am trying to detect whether a UITableViewCell is selected or not in cellForRowAtIndexPath . This is what I have done so far with objective C:

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:someIndexPath];
if(cell.isSelected) {
    NSlog(@"This cell is selected")
}

I'm not able to access the property isSelected of the UITableviewCell in Swift. How do I achieve this?

Answer 1

if cell.selected { is the right way to go.

if let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(someIndexPath) {
  if cell.selected {
    print("This cell is selected")
  }
}

Update: Swift 3

if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: someIndexPath) {
  if cell.isSelected {
    print("This cell is selected")
  }
}

Answer 2

You need to implement delegate method didSelectRowAtIndexPath :

func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) {
    print("cell selected at row \(indexPath.row)")
}

Answer 3

You can do like this way, Get the indexPath

var someIndexPath: NSIndexPath = tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow()  

Deselect when it is actually selected with isSelected property of cell.

var cell: UITableViewCell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(someIndexPath)
if cell.isSelected {
   tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(someIndexPath, animated: true)
}