UICollectionView - didDeselectItemAtIndexPath not called if cell is selected

Question

The first thing I do is to set the cell selected.

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndex         


        

Answer 1

I was having the same issue, if you investigate further you willl see that not only the diddiselect is not called, but the touch itself is not perceived by the cell. What solved for me was to allow for async execution of the selection and set the selecItem manually as well. Inside cellForItemAt.

       DispatchQueue.main.async {
            cell.isSelected = true
            collectionView.selectItem(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: .init())
        }

Use .init() and false on animated if you don't want to see movements. If you don't wrap this with the async block you will see the UI jumping while scrolling.