UITableView, having problems changing accessory when selected

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Published on 2009-06-10T07:39:23Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 9:23 UTC
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I'm using a UITableView to allow selection of one (of many) items. Similar to the UI when selecting a ringtone, I want the selected item to be checked, and the others not. I would like to have the cell selected when touched, then animated back to the normal color (again, like the ringtone selection UI).

A UIViewController subclass is my table's delegate and datasource (not UITableViewController, because I also have a toolbar in there).

I'm setting the accessoryType of the cells in cellForRowAtIndexPath:, and updating my model when cells are selected in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. The only way I can think of to set the selected cell to checkmark (and clear the previous one) is to call [tableView reloadData] in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. However, when I do this, the animating of the cell deselection is weird (a white box appears where the cell's label should be). If I don't call reloadData, of course, the accessoryType won't change, so the checkmarks won't appear.

I suppose I could turn the animation off, but that seems lame. I also toyed with getting and altering the cells in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:, but that's a big pain.

Any ideas? Abbreviated code follows...

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UITableViewCell* aCell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:kImageCell];
    if( aCell == nil ) {
    	aCell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:kImageCell];
    }

    aCell.text = [imageNames objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
    if( [indexPath row] == selectedImage ) {
    	aCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
    } else {
    	aCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
    }
    return aCell;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
    selectedImage = [indexPath row]
    [tableView reloadData];
}

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