Weird iOS bug with UITableViewCell and userInteractionEnabled

Question

I just noticed something very strange with the UITableViewCell class on iOS and the userInteractionEnabled property.

It appears that if userInteractionEnabled is set

Answer 1

I found that if I put cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor]; right before cell.userInteractionEnabled = NO; , it seems to fix the problem. This is how it is working on iOS 6.0.1

cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
cell.userInteractionEnabled = NO;

Answer 2

I think I found a more convenient workaround for this problem (which I consider to be a bug):

Set the enabled property on textLabel and detailTextLabel manually like this:

cell.userInteractionEnabled = (indexPath.row % 2) == 0;
cell.textLabel.enabled = cell.isUserInteractionEnabled;
cell.detailTextLabel.enabled = cell.isUserInteractionEnabled;

This led me to the answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13327632/921573