UISegmentedControl Doesn't Deselect Old Segment - ios

I have a UISegmentedControl in a UITableView Table row. The selection fires, and the new segment is highlighted. The problem is, the old segment remains selected.
If I close and reopen the popover that contains the table, the correct segment index is displayed.
I'm running XCode 6.1 and testing on iOS 7.1 simulator.
Assistance appreciated.
UITableViewCell *segmentCell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:segmentCellIdentifier];
if (segmentCell == nil) {
segmentCell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleValue1 reuseIdentifier:segmentCellIdentifier];
}
segmentCell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
segmentCell.backgroundView = nil;
NSArray *segmentItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: NSLocalizedString(#"settingsBackgroundCork", #"Cork - Select cork background theme"), NSLocalizedString(#"settingsBackgroundDark", #"Dark - Select dark background theme"), NSLocalizedString(#"settingsBackgroundLight", #"Light - Select light background theme"), nil];
self.backgroundSegmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems: segmentItems];
[self.backgroundSegmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(backgroundControlChanged:) forControlEvents: UIControlEventValueChanged];
self.backgroundSegmentedControl.frame = CGRectMake(10, 6, 300, 32);
NSInteger background = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] integerForKey:kUserDefaultsBackgroundSelection];
self.backgroundSegmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex = background;
self.backgroundSegmentedControl.momentary = NO;
[segmentCell.contentView addSubview:self.backgroundSegmentedControl];
cellToReturn = segmentCell;
Here is the method that gets called on segment selection:
- (void)backgroundControlChanged:(UISegmentedControl *)control
{
NSUserDefaults *userDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[userDefaults setInteger:control.selectedSegmentIndex forKey:kUserDefaultsBackgroundSelection];
self.backgroundSegmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex = control.selectedSegmentIndex;
[self.backgroundSegmentedControl setNeedsDisplay];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:kPageBackgroundShouldChangeNotification object:nil];
}

Strange bug - I never saw this before. Two suggestions:
Try setting the selectedSegmentIndex again in the handler, and
Try calling setNeedsDisplay on the control there as well.
momentary is NO by default, so you should not need to set it.
Also, in the selectedSegmentIndex documentation it says:
The default value is UISegmentedControlNoSegment (no segment selected) until the user touches a segment. Set this property to -1 to turn off the current selection.
Maybe you want to try this last thing as well.

I was able to fix this issue by moving my call to setSelectedSegmentIndex to inside the setNeedsLayout function, instead of calling it right after creation of the UISegmentedControl. Of course I also had to create a variable to keep track of which segment should be selected.

Had the same issue. Resolved it by removing the previous instance of the segmentedControl from the superview before adding the new instance.
Adding the below-mentioned 3 lines of code to remove previous segmentedControl before adding the new instance of segmentedControl to the parent view.
self.backgroundSegmentedControl.tag = 101
if let foundView2 = segmentCell.contentView.viewWithTag(101) {
foundView2.removeFromSuperview()
}
[segmentCell.contentView addSubview:self.backgroundSegmentedControl];

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