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

Use this category to select a table row and execute a given segue after a delay.
Call this within your viewDidAppear method:

[tableViewController delayedSelection:withSegueIdentifier:]


@implementation UITableViewController (TLUtils)

-(void)delayedSelection:(NSIndexPath *)idxPath withSegueIdentifier:(NSString *)segueID {
    if (!idxPath) idxPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];                                                                                                                                                                 
    [self performSelector:@selector(selectIndexPath:) withObject:@{@"NSIndexPath": idxPath, @"UIStoryboardSegue": segueID } afterDelay:0];                                                                                               
}

-(void)selectIndexPath:(NSDictionary *)args {
    NSIndexPath *idxPath = args[@"NSIndexPath"];                                                                                                                                                                                         
    [self.tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:idxPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle];                                                                                                                            

    if ([self.tableView.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath:)])
        [self.tableView.delegate tableView:self.tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:idxPath];                                                                                                                                              

    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:args[@"UIStoryboardSegue"] sender:self];                                                                                                                                                            
}

@end