didSelectRowAtIndexPath not being called (Swift)

Question

I've been going in circles for a while and nothing I've found in related posts seems to solve it. I'm programmatically adding a table to a custom UIView. The table and row text displays correctly, but neither didSelectRowAtIndexPath nor willdSelectRowAtIndexPath fire when I run this on the simulator and try to click on any of the rows.

The relevant bits of my code below:

import UIKit import AVFoundation @IBDesignable class PerformanceQuestionView: UIView, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource { var optionsTable = UITableView(frame: CGRectMake(10,200,250,200)) var optionItems = ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four"] convenience init(rect: CGRect, performanceQuestion:PerformanceQuestion?) { self.init(frame: rect) NSLog("PerformanceQuestionView.init()") self.optionsTable.dataSource = self self.optionsTable.delegate = self self.optionsTable.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell") self.optionsTable.allowsSelection = true } func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int { NSLog("numberOfRowsInSection") return optionItems.count } func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> UITableViewCell! { NSLog("cellForRowAtIndexPath") var cell:UITableViewCell = self.optionsTable.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell") as UITableViewCell cell.textLabel.text = self.optionItems[indexPath.row] return cell } func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, willSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> NSIndexPath! { NSLog("You will select cell #\(indexPath.row)!") return indexPath } func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) { NSLog("You selected cell #\(indexPath.row)!") } override func layoutSubviews() { super.layoutSubviews() self.addSubview(optionsTable) } }

do you connect your Tableview data-source and delegate from storyboards.? — Nitin Gohel
– Nitin Gohel, Commented Sep 18, 2014 at 5:20
How are you instantiating the PerformanceQuestionView? What are you passing in for the rect? When UI elements are not responding to touches, it's usually because they are falling outside the bounds of their superview. — rdelmar
– rdelmar, Commented Sep 18, 2014 at 5:53

AAA · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-28 08:45:17Z

27

Removing the TapGestureRecognizer worked for me!!!

 // var backgoroundTap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "DismissKeyboard") // self.view.addGestureRecognizer(backgoroundTap)

answered Aug 28, 2015 at 8:45

AAA

1,9874 gold badges24 silver badges42 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Irshad Qureshi Over a year ago

works for me as well but what if we need to use the tap gesture...?

AAA Over a year ago

create a separate view and load the labels and buttons inside that view. Then add the gesture for that view alone. It will work.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:34:12Z

Reason for this could be, you are using a pan gesture in the view. like AAA mentioned removing your pan gesture will do the trick. But if you still want to use the pan gesture you could do the following

 let tap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "dismissKeyboard") view.addGestureRecognizer(tap) tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false

Making cancelsTouchesInView, false will enable all you taps.

Thank you!! I thought that I will never find the reason why my didSelectedRow method was not called
WHERE do I put this?? WHICH variables do I need to change to make it work?? GAH! It's telling me view is undeclared

Aaron Brager · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-18 04:52:09Z

3

Remove the exclamation points:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) { }

answered Sep 18, 2014 at 4:52

Aaron Brager

66.4k21 gold badges169 silver badges295 bronze badges

3 Comments

Aaron Brager Over a year ago

@JavierArtiles Something in your view hierarchy might be blocking the touches. Is the PerformanceQuestionView's frame at least as big as the table's frame?

Fabio Over a year ago

@Aaron Brager thanks, i have the same error I remove the UITapGestureRecognizer and works fine !!

Nicholas Over a year ago

Does not work for me too, maybe protocols are missing, but I'm not a pro

jose920405 · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-14 16:56:21Z

I have the same problem long time, I am for thinking it's a bug in UITableView programmatically when creating a UIView class.

My temporary solution and although it is not a good idea, but it works. It is to place a button the size of the cell and have an action dispatched by a protocol, to achieve at least simulate this action.

It is not good practice but could not stay stuck there longer.

Mohsin Khubaib Ahmed · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-05 15:41:42Z

For Swift 3.0, you need to use this function exactly:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) { //Input your code here }

Look very closely to make sure you are using this function. The compiler won't complain if you have NSIndexPath or you don't have _ before tableView but it won't work. So use this function, put a breakpoint in and you will see it go to that point when you tap on a row.

I was testing this with a static table (all static content cells).

Ozzie Perez · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-26 13:53:20Z

This was deprecated in Swift 3:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath){ ... }

And replaced with:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) { ... }

ICL1901 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-31 11:38:59Z

I tried all of the methods listed in this question and others. I finally deleted the table from my storyboard and started again.

In my storyboard, I added back the table, added a prototype cell. I connected the ViewController to the table. I connected the table to my dataSource and delegate methods.

I named the prototype identifier in the Attributes Inspector.

This worked for me. I did not apparently have any code to change.

Priyank Patel · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-18 07:24:52Z

You need to add below code for Tap or Pan gesture.You need to tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false

 let tap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "dismissKeyboard") view.addGestureRecognizer(tap) tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false

OR

 let gesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.mainBlurViewAction)) mainBlurView.addGestureRecognizer(gesture) gesture.cancelsTouchesInView = false

Then it will work

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) { //Call According requirement }

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

didSelectRowAtIndexPath not being called (Swift)

8 Answers 8

2 Comments

2 Comments

3 Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

8 Answers 8

2 Comments

2 Comments

3 Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Related