tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: not working correctly when testing on iphone

Question

Currently i have a uitableview that the user can scroll through and select a cell. When the cell has been selected I save that indexpath value and when the user comes back to the view with the uitableview in it I pass that indexpath value back and assing a tick to that cell inside tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: using the code below.

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

//...


//Replaces previously selected cells accessory view (tick)
    if (indexPath == oldCheckedData) 
    {
        cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
        NSLog(@" Tick");
    } 
    else 
    {
        cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
        NSLog(@"No Tick");
    } 
}

the weird thing being is that when testing this on the emulator it works perfectly.... However when I try to test it on the phone it never enters the first if statement... so the tick is never added.

Answer 1

I think you are comparing pointers, not the index path. Instead of equal equal, use:

[indexPath isEqual:oldCheckedData]