UITableViewCell. How do I just highlight cell during touch down?

Question

I have a custom tableViewCell. I want to indicate user touch down by highlighting. The cell selection style is UITableViewCellSelectionStyleBlue. In the parent controller I have set self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = YES.

I should be good to go. Nope. Selection still sticks to the cell. What I want is selection indication only for the duration of the touch down. The appearance should immediately return to the unselected appearance on touch up.

How do I do this?

Cheers,
Doug

Answer 1

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

    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];

}

Answer 2

Below Swift example uses didHighlightRowAtIndexPath to change the background color of the cell on touch down and didUnhighlightRowAtIndexPath to reset the color - see below:

// MARK: UITableViewDelegate

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didHighlightRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
  if let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) {
     cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.greenColor()
  }
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didUnhighlightRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
  if let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) {
     cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor()
  }
}

Answer 3

overwrite - (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animate:(BOOL)animated without calling super

Answer 4

Update Zorayz answer. Swift 5

Set when setup tableView(ViewDidLoad)

tableView.allowsSelection = true

Add this method:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didHighlightRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as? SettingCell {
        cell.backView.backgroundColor = .red
    }
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didUnhighlightRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    if let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as? SettingCell {
        cell.backView.backgroundColor = .green
    }
}

Custom cell with xib

class SettingCell: UITableViewCell {

    @IBOutlet weak var backView: UIView!
    @IBOutlet weak var imageIcon: UIImageView!
    @IBOutlet weak var titleLabel: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var describeLabel: UILabel!
    

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
        self.addSettings()
    }
    
    private func addSettings() {
        self.contentView.backgroundColor = .white
        self.backView.layer.cornerRadius = 12
        
        self.titleLabel.textColor = UIColor(hex: "#101010")
        self.describeLabel.textColor = UIColor(hex: "#676767")
    }

    override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
        super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
    }

    
    func setupCell(data: SettingModel) -> SettingCell {

        self.imageIcon.image = UIImage(named: data.iconImage)
        self.titleLabel.text = data.titleLabel
        self.describeLabel.text = data.describeLabel
        
        return self
    }
    
}