Select tableview row programmatically

Question

How do I programmatically select a UITableView row so that

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
        didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

gets executed? selectRowAtIndexPath will only highlight the row.

Answer 1

Like Jaanus told:

Calling this (-selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition:) method does not cause the delegate to receive a tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: or tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: message, nor will it send UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification notifications to observers.

So you just have to call the delegate method yourself.

For example:

Swift 3 version:

let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0);
self.tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.none)
self.tableView(self.tableView, didSelectRowAt: indexPath)

ObjectiveC version:

NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];
[self.tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath 
                            animated:YES 
                      scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
[self tableView:self.tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

Swift 2.3 version:

 let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forRow: 0, inSection: 0);
 self.tableView.selectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.None)
 self.tableView(self.tableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath: indexPath)