Question

This bit of code comes with new classes that are subclasses of UITableViewController…

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations.
    self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;

    // Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
    // self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}

But leaving the clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear uncommented throws a compile error. The error is “request for member ‘clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear’ in something not a structure or union”. Any ideas as to why or do you have a workaround?

The reason I even care is because without this bit, my app is leaving the selection indicator (blue background) on my table cells.

Answer 1

Are you compiling for 3.1.3 (or earlier) or 3.2? clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear is a property available in the 3.2 and newer SDK.