Weird behaviour setting tableView row height and scrollPosition Swift - ios

Question

In the same viewController I have a calendarTableViewthat represent the month's days. At cellForRowAti select the row corresponding to current day and call a function to populate timeSlotCollectionView. It all work but I have a little strange situation.
Case 1: Row height = auto and scrollPosition.none = timeSlotCollectionView don't follow cornerRadius
Case2: Row height = auto and scrollPosition.middle = Thread 1: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x659ef4) on calendarTableViewcell definition
Case3: Row height = 44 and scrollPosition.none = calendarTableViewcell don't follow cornerRadius
Case 4: Row height = 44 and scrollPosition.middle = calendarTableViewcell don't follow cornerRadius
Case 5: Row height = 60 and scrollPosition.none = calendarTableViewcell DOES follow cornerRadius
Case 6: Row height = 60 and scrollPosition.middle = calendarTableViewcell DON'T follow cornerRadius again..
I wouldn't mind row height of 60, but scrollPositionhas to be.middle or I wouldn't see the current day row..
Can you see what I'm doing wrong? I've searched other posts but I couldn't find anything that gave me a clue on what the problem was.
Many thanks as usual.
This is the calendarTableViewfunction:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "calendarCell", for: indexPath) as! CalendarTableViewCell
// Configure the cell...
let date = datesArray[indexPath.row]
print(date)
let calendar = Calendar.current
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day, .weekday], from: date)
cell.dayLabel.text = "\(String(describing: components.day!))" + " " + "\(dayNamesArray[components.weekday! - 1])"
cell.cellWeekday = components.weekday!
print("cell weekday is: \(cell.cellWeekday!)") // prints correct weekday
cell.cellId = "\(String(format:"%04d", components.year!))" + "\(String(format:"%02d", components.month!))" + "\(String(format:"%02d", components.day!))"
self.selectedDate = cell.cellId // used for time slots cellId
print("##################### selectedDate in tableview is :\(self.selectedDate) ")
// highlighting current day cell
if indexPath.row == self.actualDay - 1 && self.actualMonth == self.displayedMonth {
cell.dayLabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.red.withAlphaComponent(0.3)
// emulate user selecting the cell
tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.none) // changing to .middle makes the tableview go looping
print(" ########################## selected cell weekday is: \(cell.cellWeekday!) #################### ")
// self.updateTimeSlots(selectedCell: cell)
// self.actualWeekday = cell.cellWeekday! // nil error
self.selectedDate = cell.cellId
// calculateOpenTimeSlots()
}
// let cornerRadius: CGFloat = 5
// cell.layer.cornerRadius = cornerRadius
// cell.clipsToBounds = true
// self.updateTimeSlots(selectedCell: cell)
return cell
}

Answer 1

I decided not to select the today row but only scroll calendarTableViewto have in that middle position instead. I also declare row height directly in heightForRowAt. calendarTableView now behaves as expected and cell is not directly selected, but highlighted as I actually wanted.
I hope that this will help others.
The final function is:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "calendarCell", for: indexPath) as! CalendarTableViewCell
let cornerRadius: CGFloat = 5
cell.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
cell.layer.cornerRadius = cornerRadius
cell.clipsToBounds = true
cell.dayLabel.textColor = UIColor.white
cell.dayLabel.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue.withAlphaComponent(0.3).cgColor
cell.dayLabel.layer.cornerRadius = cornerRadius
cell.dayLabel.clipsToBounds = true
// Configure the cell...
let date = datesArray[indexPath.row]
print(date)
let calendar = Calendar.current
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day, .weekday], from: date)
cell.dayLabel.text = "\(String(describing: components.day!))" + " " + "\(dayNamesArray[components.weekday! - 1])"
cell.cellWeekday = components.weekday!
print("cell weekday is: \(cell.cellWeekday!)") // prints correct weekday
cell.cellId = "\(String(format:"%04d", components.year!))" + "\(String(format:"%02d", components.month!))" + "\(String(format:"%02d", components.day!))"
self.selectedDate = cell.cellId // used for time slots cellId
print("##################### selectedDate in tableview is :\(self.selectedDate) ")
// highlighting current day cell
if indexPath.row == self.actualDay - 1 && self.actualMonth == self.displayedMonth {
// cell.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.red.withAlphaComponent(0.3).cgColor
cell.dayLabel.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.red.withAlphaComponent(0.3).cgColor
// emulate user selecting the cell
// tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.middle)
tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: UITableViewScrollPosition.middle, animated: true)
print(" ########################## selected cell weekday is: \(cell.cellWeekday!) #################### ")
self.updateTimeSlots(selectedCell: cell)
// self.actualWeekday = cell.cellWeekday! // nil error
self.selectedDate = cell.cellId
}
return cell
}