Deselecting the table view row when returning

Question

I followed Luke Redpath's suggestion here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2803061/selected-uitableviewcell-staying-blue-when-selected - to deselect the row when returning to the original table view, but I can't get it working. In fact the method doesn't get triggered.

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
  [super viewDidAppear:animated];
  [self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:[self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:YES];
}

I suspect this is because the class isn't a UITableViewController, but a UIViewController with the tableView as a property connected up to the NIB.

How would I get the same behavior - ie deselecting when returning?

Answer 1

If you are using a NavigationController, you can do it with its delegate:

- (void)navigationController: (UINavigationController *)navigationController
       didShowViewController: (UIViewController *)viewController
                    animated: (BOOL)animated
{
    [self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:[self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:YES];
}

But you have to check whether the show controller is which you want =/

[EDIT] Create the outlet and link it in IB to NavigationController

@interface MyInt <UINavigationControllerDelegate>
{
    IBOutlet UINavigationController *navigation;
    ...
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) UINavigationController *navigation;
...
@end

@implementation MyInt
@syntesize navigation;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self.navigation setDelegate: self];
}
...

@end