iOS 8 custom table view cell selection - ios

Question

I have some problems with my custom cells. I created New custom TableViewCell with its own xib file. The table loads and data is being populated in all the cells - that is all ok. But when i run my app in devices and simulators with iOS 8 and above the select method never fires. This problem does not happen when i run the application on devices and simulators with iOS 7.x. Here is the code for the CustomCell.m file
- (void)awakeFromNib {
}
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
[super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
Here is mu CustomCell.h file
#interface CustomCell : UITableViewCell
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *directionImage;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *distanceLbl;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *pathDescriptionLbl;
And here is the code from the ViewController
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
NSLog(#"row selected");
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return [steps.stepsData count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
NSString *cellIdentifier = #"directionsCell";
DirectionsTableViewCell *cell = (DirectionsTableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if(cell == nil){
NSString *cellNib = [Utilities getDirectionCellNib];
NSArray *topLevelObjects = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:cellNib owner:self options:nil];
cell = [topLevelObjects objectAtIndex:0];
}
if(indexPath.row == 0 || (indexPath.row % 2 == 0)){
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:242.0/255.0 green:242.0/255.0 blue:242.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}else{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:230.0/255.0 green:230.0/255.0 blue:230.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}
cell.directionImage.image = nil;
cell.distanceLbl.text = #"";
cell.pathDescriptionLbl.text = #"";
if(indexPath.row != 0){
UIView* separatorLineView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, cell.frame.size.width, 1)];
separatorLineView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:200.0/255.0 green:200.0/255.0 blue:200.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
[cell.contentView addSubview:separatorLineView];
}
cell.pathDescriptionLbl.text = #"main text here";
Step *stp = [steps.stepsData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSString *txtDetails = #"Details text here";
cell.distanceLbl.text = #"Distance here";
return cell;
}
What i find weird here is that the row selection works perfectly on iOS 7 but NOT on iOS 8. The data is being populated in both cases.
Am i doing something wrong here or am i missing something.
Thanks in advance for the help folks.