iOS UITableViewCell needs to be pressed twice to call didSelectRowAtIndexPath

Question

I have a UITableView that sometimes requires you touch it twice to select a cell.

More specifics:

• Two touches are needed only after the table has been scrolled all the way up or all the way down.
• Only the second touch even calls didSelectRowAtIndexPath.
• When the table opens in the natural "scrolled up position", cells are indeed selectable with just one touch.
• If you scroll just a little bit (not all the way down/up), the cells will select with just one touch.
• If cells do not fill the whole table and scrolling is not required, it works fine.
• Go all the way to the top or bottom and you have to touch twice.

I have a feeling that the first touch is really making the UITableViewCells selectable or is activating the table in some way.

Things I have checked:

• My code definitely doesn't call didDeselectRowAtIndexPath anywhere.
• No UIGestureRecognizers are using setCancelsTouchesInView:.

Other settings on the table:

self.tableView.scrollEnabled = YES;
self.tableView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
self.tableView.bounces = NO;
self.tableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine;

What's causing this?

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Update

Oddly enough, setting self.tableView.bounces = YES; fixed the problem.

I am still looking into the root cause in case anyone has a better answer. Obviously I would like for the table not to bounce, but not if it costs key functionality.

Answer 1

May be you implemented didDeselect instead of didSelect?