UIPickerView - 1st row selection does not call didSelectRow

Question

I have a UIPickerView on my UIView along with a UITextField. I am letting the user select a value from the picker or enter a custom va

Answer 1

To overcome the didSelectRow not getting called in the UIPickerView when the user selected the first item in the list, you can use UITapGestureRecognizer. (Code example in Swift)

self.txtTransType = self.makeTextField(self.transType, placeHolder: "Check-in or Check-out")
self.txtTransType?.addTarget(self, action: "txtTransTypeEditing:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.EditingDidBegin)

func makeTextField(text: String?, placeHolder: String) -> UITextField {
    var textField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x: 140, y: 0, width: 220.00, height: 40.00));
    textField.placeholder = placeHolder
    textField.text = text
    textField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.Line
    textField.secureTextEntry = false;
    textField.delegate = self
    return textField
}

func txtTransTypeEditing(sender: UITextField) {
    var ttPickerView:UIPickerView = UIPickerView()
    ttPickerView.dataSource = self
    ttPickerView.delegate = self
    sender.inputView = ttPickerView

    let recognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action:Selector("handleTransTypePickerTap:"))
    recognizer.delegate = self
    ttPickerView.addGestureRecognizer(recognizer)
}

func handleTransTypePickerTap(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    let ttPickerView = recognizer.view as! UIPickerView
    let row = ttPickerView.selectedRowInComponent(0)
    self.txtTransType!.text = self.transTypeData[row]
}

Use the following link UIGestureRecognizer Tutorial: Getting Started to get tap recognizer to work (need to add UIGestureRecognizerDelegate) and following code

class TransactionViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate,UIPickerViewDataSource,UIPickerViewDelegate, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate  { }

func gestureRecognizer(UIGestureRecognizer,
    shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
        return true
}