Swift UITableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath not getting called

Question

New to IOS development and am having trouble with handling cell selection on a table. Whenever I select, the method is not getting called below - any idea why?

My proje

Answer 1

I faced the same issue when compared two identical code examples where one was working well and the other was not calling didSelectRowAtIndexPath

Take a look at two possible ways to solve the issue:

1) In the code itself:

@IBOutlet weak var table: UITableView!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    table.delegate = self
    table.dataSource = self 
//data source might be already set if you see contents of the cells
//the main trick is to set delegate
}

2) Using Storyboard or Document Outline (which was the problem in my case cause storyboard changes are not visible in .swift controller classes.

Open Document Outline and Control + Press your TableView you will see two outlets called "delegate" and "dataSource" drag them 1 by 1 to the containing ViewController (right onto the yellow circle)

That's it!