Question

I am trying to update a UITableViewCell when it is tapped for a little feedback like so:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    if ([[self.menuItems objectAtIndex:aPath.row] isEqualToString:@"AirPrint Order"]) {

        UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *)[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
        cell.textLabel.text=@"Generating Order Receipt";
        NSArray *nsa = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:indexPath, nil];
        [tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:nsa withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
    }
}

This code seems to do nothing even though in the debugger it does make it inside my if statement but nothing is happening with the cell text.

Answer 1

When you call reloadRowsAtIndexPaths it actually calls cellForRowAtIndexPath: again and reloads the cell, removing the changes that you applied to it in didSelectRowAtIndexPath. What I advise you to do is: update your data in the didSelectRowAtIndexPath method and read it in cellForRowAtIndexPath.