ios - UITableView selected cell doesn't stay selected when scrolled

Question

I'm having problems with table view cells not keeping their "selected" state when scrolling the table. Here is the relevant code:

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSIndexPath *selectedIndexPath;

-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    self.selectedIndexPath = indexPath;
    //do other stuff
}

-(UITableViewCell*) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    MyCustomCell_iPhone* cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"MyCustomCell_iPhone"];

    if (cell == nil)
        cell = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyCustomCell_iPhone" owner:self options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];

    if ([indexPath compare: self.selectedIndexPath] == NSOrderedSame) {
        [cell setSelected:YES animated:NO];
    }

    return cell;
}

And for the cell:

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

    if (selected) {
        self.selectedBg.hidden = NO;
    }else{
        self.selectedBg.hidden = YES;
    }
}

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

    if (highlighted) {
        self.selectedBg.hidden = NO;
    }else{
        self.selectedBg.hidden = YES;
    }
}

How can I get the selected cell to stay highlighted? If I scroll it off the screen, when it scrolls back on the screen it appears in its unselected state (with its selectedBg hidden).

EDIT: Removing the setHighlighted method from the cell fixes the issue. However that means that I get no highlighted state when pressing the table cell. I'd like to know the solution to this.

Answer 1

Had the same problem, selected cell's accessoryView disappeared on scroll. My co-worker found pretty hack for this issue. The reason is that in iOS 7 on touchesBegan event UITableView deselects selected cell and selects touched down cell. In iOS 6 it doesnt happen and on scroll selected cell stays selected. To get same behaviour in iOS 7 try:

1) Enable multiple selection in your tableView.

2) Go to tableView delegate method didSelectRowAtIndexPath, and deselect cell touched down with code :

   NSArray *selectedRows = [tableView indexPathsForSelectedRows];
for(NSIndexPath *i in selectedRows)
{
    if(![i isEqual:indexPath])
    {
        [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:i animated:NO];
    }
}

Fixed my problem! Hope it would be helpful, sorry for my poor English btw.