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.

Accepted Answer

From reference documentation:

Calling this method does not cause the delegate to receive a `tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath:` or `tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath:` message, nor does it send `UITableViewSelectionDidChangeNotification` notifications to observers.

What I would do is:

```
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    [self doSomethingWithRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}
```

And then, from where you wanted to call selectRowAtIndexPath, you instead call doSomethingWithRowAtIndexPath. On top of that, you can additionally also call selectRowAtIndexPath if you want the UI feedback to happen.

Select tableview row programmatically

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