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

If none of these work for you, consider this work-around:

Use an unwind segue to call:

@IBAction func unwind_ToTableVC (segue: UIStoryboardSegue) {
    if let index = tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow {
        tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(index, animated: true)
    }
}

Why do this? Primarily if you're having trouble getting the deselect code to run at the right time. I had trouble with it not working on the viewWillAppear so the unwind worked a lot better.

Steps:

1. Write the unwind segue (or paste from above) into your 1st VC (the one with the table)

2. Go to the 2nd VC. Control-drag from the Cancel/Done/Etc button you're using to dismiss that VC and drag to the Exit Icon at the top.

3. Select the unwind segue you created in step 1

   Good luck.