UITableView : select row with checkmark but no highlight - ios

Question

Issue: I only want to show the selected cells with checkmark. I don't want the grey highlight.
I tried:
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone
but didn't work.
Here is the code:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (!cell) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
ProfileSelection *profile = [self.profileSelections objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = [profile profileName];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
[self.profileSelectionsTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
[tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:YES];
ProfileSelection *profile = [self.profileSelections objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
self.mobileProfileId = [profile.profileId stringValue];
[_continueButton setEnabled:YES];
}

Answer 1

How about this:
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
}

Answer 2

The selectionStyle property should be enough to remove the highlight.
If you want to show the checkmark after the used has selected the row, you need to implement the tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: method
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
[self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:visibleIndexPath].accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
}

Answer 3

In Swift, the easiest way is to deselect a cell without animation right after it has been selected:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: false)
}

Answer 4

delete your this function
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
Try to use this your problem will be solved
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = #"SimpleTableItem";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
}
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone
cell.textLabel.text = #"Checking Table View";
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

Answer 5

Go to Storyboard. Select your Table View Cell. Set Selection to None. Then add below codes:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
}
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
}

Answer 6

This thread looks a bit old, but I actually came across a decent solution for this recently. In case anyone stumbles across this thread, I figure I might as well post an answer. Especially since I spent hours trying to track this down.
I can't find my original sources anymore, but here's what I found out:
The highlight is made by a background view on the UITableViewCell on the selectedBackgroundView property. If we have a subclass of the table cell, we can detect the transition to the editing state with willTransitionToState: and set the background view to one that is clear/white instead of the blue/gray styles.
Here's what I ended up doing, and it works pretty well.
- (void)willTransitionToState:(UITableViewCellStateMask)state {
[super willTransitionToState:state];
// To remove the blue/gray highlight on the table cell when selected,
// set the selection background to a clear view.
if (state & UITableViewCellStateShowingEditControlMask) {
// If we're moving to an edit state, set the custom background view.
UIView *bgView = [[UIView alloc] init];
[bgView setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[bgView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[self setSelectedBackgroundView:bgView];
} else {
// Otherwise, just remove it completely.
// The system should handle the rest.
[self setSelectedBackgroundView:nil];
}
}
The plus side to this over the other solutions I've seen is that this one is quite minimal. No need for tracking instance variables or anything else.