UITableViewController ignores tap after deleting row in iOS7 - ios

Question

Consider the following plain and simple UITableViewController: when you tap a row, it logs the selected row, and when you swipe and delete, it removes an item in the model and reloads the data.
#interface DummyTableViewController : UITableViewController
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *items;
#end
#implementation DummyTableViewController
- (instancetype)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style];
if (self)
{
_items = [ #[ #"A", #"B", #"C", #"D", #"E" ] mutableCopy];
}
return self;
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [self.items count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:nil];
cell.textLabel.text = self.items[indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)
{
[self.items removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[tableView reloadData];
}
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSLog(#"Row %# tapped.", self.items[indexPath.row]);
}
In iOS6, this all works as expected, but in iOS7 I get the following behavior: after a row has been removed and the data has been reloaded, the first next tap on a table cell is ignored. It is only the second tap that triggers a table cell select again. Any idea what might be causing this or how to work around it? Issue should be easy to reproduce in iOS7 with the above code.

Answer 1

The tableview is in editing state when you delete a particular row. SO you have to turn off the editing state to allow the tableView to go back to the selection mode. Change your code to this -
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)
{
[self.items removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// Turn off editing state here
tableView.editing = NO;
[tableView reloadData];
}
}