Why does UITableViewCell remain highlighted?

Question

What would cause a table view cell to remain highlighted after being touched? I click the cell and can see it stays highlighted as a detail view is pushed. Once the detail

Answer 1

For the Swift users, add this to your code:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true)
}

It's paulthenerd's answer except in Swift instead of Obj-C.