Why does my animation in my cell disappear when the cell is selected?

Question

I have an animation as my image in one of my table cells. When it is pressed, it turns blue by default and the image disappears! Navigation loads a new view, and when I return to the first view, hoping that my animation will return, alas, there is no image :( I do nothing in the didSelectRowAtIndexPath function, except to play a beep and click a new look. Any help is appreciated.

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell"; CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [[[CustomCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease]; } // Set up the cell… switch (indexPath.section) { case 0: cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"TBR2.png"]]; cell.primaryLabel.text = @"Text 2"; cell.primaryLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; //textColor = [UIColor redColor]; cell.secondaryLabel.text = @"Text 1"; cell.secondaryLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; cell.myImageView.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events2.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events3.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events4.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events5.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events6.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events7.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events8.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events9.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events10.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events11.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events12.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events13.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events14.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events16.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events17.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events18.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events19.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events20.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events21.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events22.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events23.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events24.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events25.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"star_events26.png"],nil]; // all frames will execute in .5 seconds cell.myImageView.animationDuration = .5; // repeat the annimation forever cell.myImageView.animationRepeatCount = 0; // start animating [cell.myImageView startAnimating]; cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator; break; case 1: cell.primaryLabel.text = @"Label 1"; cell.secondaryLabel.text = @"Search"; cell.myImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"magglass.png"]; cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator; break; default: break; } return cell; } } - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ping" ofType:@"wav"]; AVAudioPlayer *myAudio=[[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]error:NULL]; myAudio.delegate = self; [myAudio play]; [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES]; Page2 *page2 = [[Page2 alloc] initWithNibName:@"Page2" bundle:nil]; [self.navigationController pushViewController:page2 animated:YES]; [page2 release]; } 

Answer 1

I had the same problem on iOS 8.4 onwards and I found a solution. It may not be very good, but it works.

I realized that the problem is only with the animated image and only when the image changes its state to the selected one. So my workaround for UIImageView as follows:

• Subclass of UIImageView
• Override the setHighlighted method to exclude the selected state from the animated image.

My setHighlighted method is as follows:

 - (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted { if (!self.isAnimating) { [super setHighlighted:highlighted]; } } 

In addition, if you do not need a visible selection in a cell, you can set the selectionStyle property to UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone your table.