UITableView does not automatically deselect the selected row when the table re-appears

Question

Normally a selected row in a UITableView gets deselected with an animation when the user pops back from the detail view.

However, in my case where I have a

Answer 1

When your main ViewController is from type UITableViewController, it has a property clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear, which is per default YES - so it will clear the selection automatically.

This property is not available for an UITableView, i guess it's because it has no ViewWillAppear method either.

A UIViewController doesn't need this property because it has no UITableView originally.

conclusion: you'll have to implement it by yourself when you do not use a UITableViewController.