How to unselect a UITableViewCell after you have done some action using didSelectRowAtIndexPath?

Question

Currently I do some work inside the didSelectRowAtIndexPath delegate and noticed that my row is still \"selected\" after I come back to the view controller later.

How ca

Answer 1

[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];

Answer 2

Typically, you want to deselect the row when the view controller appears again:

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];

    [self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:[self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:YES];
}

That's what UITableViewController does implicitly, and animating the deselection process after the view controller appears again is a helpful hint to the user as to which cell they selected previously.