UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath example in Objective C (iOS).

UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath

Selects a row in the receiver identified by index path, optionally scrolling the row to a location in the receiver.

- (void)selectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath animated:(BOOL)animated scrollPosition:(UITableViewScrollPosition)scrollPosition

Parameters of [UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath]
indexPath
An index path identifying a row in the receiver.
animated
YES if you want to animate the selection and any change in position, NO if the change should be immediate.
scrollPosition
A constant that identifies a relative position in the receiving table view (top, middle, bottom) for the row when scrolling concludes. See “Table View Scroll Position” a descriptions of valid constants.

Discussion of [UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath]
Calling this method does not cause the delegate to receive a tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: or tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: message, nor will it send UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification notifications to observers.

Special Considerations
Passing UITableViewScrollPositionNone will result in no scrolling, rather than the minimum scrolling described for that constant. To scroll to the newly selected row with minimum scrolling, select the row using this method with UITableViewScrollPositionNone, then call scrollToRowAtIndexPath:atScrollPosition:animated: with UITableViewScrollPositionNone.
UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath example.

NSIndexPath *rowToSelect;  // assume this exists and is set properly
UITableView *myTableView;  // assume this exists

[myTableView selectRowAtIndexPath:rowToSelect animated:YES scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
[myTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:rowToSelect atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone animated:YES];

Example of [UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath].

For example :

NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:1 inSection:0];
[self.tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
[self tableView:self.tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath example.

@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

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