disable the uitableview highlighting but allow the selection of individual cells

Question

when you tap on a cell the row gets selected and highlighted.Now what i want to do is disable the highlighting but allow the selection.Is there a way around it.There is ques

Answer 1

in swift 3

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}