How to detect cell selection in UITableView in Swift?

Question

How can I implement didSelectRowAtIndexPath: or something similar in my Swift app?

I have a populated Table View with several dynamic cells and I want to change views once a certain cell is selected.

I am able to get my head around it in Objective-C, but there is nothing on google to help me with Swift!

Answer 1

You can use didSelectRowAtIndexPath in Swift:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    NSLog("You selected cell number: \(indexPath.row)!")
    self.performSegueWithIdentifier("yourIdentifier", sender: self)
}

Just make sure you implement the UITableViewDelegate.

Answer 2

This is how I managed to segue from UITableView cells to other view controllers after implementing cellForRow, numberOfRowsInSection & numberOfSectionsInTable.

//to grab a row, update your did select row at index path method to:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) { 
    NSLog("You selected cell number: \(indexPath.row)!");

    if indexPath.row == 1 {
        //THE SEGUE 
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "goToMainUI", sender: self)
    }
}

Will output: You selected cell number: \(indexPath.row)!

Remember to match the identifier of your segue in story board to the identifier in the function, e.g goToMainUI.