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Tom Schouteden
Tom Schouteden
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Posted by Tom Schouteden
Tom Schouteden
1,850 Points

didSelectRowAtIndexPath

In a number of videos the use of didSelectRowAtIndexPath is demonstrated. In all these cases this method is already predefined in the newly TableViewController class that is created.

The current version of Xcode however, does not automatically create this method anymore. Does this mean it has been deprecated or replaced by another function? If it's so commonly used I wonder why it's been removed from Xcode as a default method.

2 Answers

Eilon Krauthammer
Eilon Krauthammer
4,768 Points
Eilon Krauthammer
Eilon Krauthammer
4,768 Points

I don't think they are necessarily so commonly used. I think Apple just wanted to clean the code a little bit and let users add whatever methods they want.

Eilon Krauthammer
Eilon Krauthammer
4,768 Points
Eilon Krauthammer
Eilon Krauthammer
4,768 Points

These methods still exist, they're just not pre-generated, you have to add them manualy.

Tom Schouteden
Tom Schouteden
1,850 Points
Tom Schouteden
Tom Schouteden
1,850 Points

I know, but I was wondering if they're so commonly used, why are they no longer pre-generated. Is there perhaps another preferred way to achieve the same in the latest version of Xcode?