iphone - UITableView, having problems changing accessory when selected

Question

I'm using a UITableView to allow selection of one (of many) items. Similar to the UI when selecting a ringtone, I want the selected item to be checked, and the others not. I would like to have the cell selected when touched, then animated back to the normal color (again, like the ringtone selection UI).

A UIViewController subclass is my table's delegate and datasource (not UITableViewController, because I also have a toolbar in there).

I'm setting the accessoryType of the cells in cellForRowAtIndexPath:, and updating my model when cells are selected in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. The only way I can think of to set the selected cell to checkmark (and clear the previous one) is to call [tableView reloadData] in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. However, when I do this, the animating of the cell deselection is weird (a white box appears where the cell's label should be). If I don't call reloadData, of course, the accessoryType won't change, so the checkmarks won't appear.

I suppose I could turn the animation off, but that seems lame. I also toyed with getting and altering the cells in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:, but that's a big pain.

Any ideas? Abbreviated code follows...

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UITableViewCell* aCell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:kImageCell];
    if( aCell == nil ) {
        aCell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:kImageCell];
    }

    aCell.text = [imageNames objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
    if( [indexPath row] == selectedImage ) {
        aCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;
    } else {
        aCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
    }
    return aCell;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
    selectedImage = [indexPath row]
    [tableView reloadData];
}

Answer 1

I solved it like hatfinch suggested in his edit. My code sample make sure there's only one row checked but I'm sure you can tweak it if thats not what you need.

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

int newRow = [indexPath row];
int oldRow = [lastIndexPath row];

if (newRow != oldRow)
{
    UITableViewCell *newCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:
                                indexPath];
    newCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;

    UITableViewCell *oldCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:
                                lastIndexPath];
    oldCell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;

    lastIndexPath = indexPath;
}

[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}