Workaround for broken behavior with table view cell deselection when swiping back in navigation

Example.m

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // If UITableViewController, otherwise comment out (make sure to name your tableview ivar tableView if so).
    self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;
}

// Use the workaround:
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    [self deselectWorkaroundForSelector:_cmd];
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    [self deselectWorkaroundForSelector:_cmd];
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [self deselectWorkaroundForSelector:_cmd];
}

UIViewController+DeselectWorkaround.h

//
//  UIViewController+DeselectWorkaround.h
//
//  Created by Richard Hult on 2014-09-13.
//

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UIViewController (DeselectWorkaround)

- (void)deselectWorkaroundForSelector:(SEL)selector;

@end

UIViewController+DeselectWorkaround.m

//
//  UIViewController+DeselectWorkaround.m
//
//  Created by Richard Hult on 2014-09-13.
//

#import "UIViewController+DeselectWorkaround.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>

@interface UIViewController (DeselectWorkaroundTableView)

- (UITableView *)tableView;

@end

@implementation UIViewController (DeselectWorkaround)

static char savedSelectedIndexPathKey;

- (void)deselectWorkaround_setSavedSelectedIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &savedSelectedIndexPathKey, indexPath, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
}

- (NSIndexPath *)deselectWorkaround_savedSelectedIndexPath
{
    return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &savedSelectedIndexPathKey);
}

- (UITableView *)deselectWorkaround_tableView
{
    if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(tableView)]) {
        return [self tableView];
    }
    return nil;
}

- (void)deselectWorkaroundForSelector:(SEL)selector
{
    if (selector == @selector(viewDidAppear:)) {
        [self deselectWorkaround_viewDidAppear];
    }
    else if (selector == @selector(viewWillDisappear:)) {
        [self deselectWorkaround_viewWillDisappear];
    }
    else if (selector == @selector(viewWillAppear:)) {
        [self deselectWorkaround_viewWillAppear];
    }
}

- (void)deselectWorkaround_viewDidAppear
{
    [self deselectWorkaround_setSavedSelectedIndexPath:nil];
}

- (void)deselectWorkaround_viewWillDisappear
{
    if (self.deselectWorkaround_savedSelectedIndexPath) {
        [self.deselectWorkaround_tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:self.deselectWorkaround_savedSelectedIndexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];
    }
}

- (void)deselectWorkaround_viewWillAppear
{
    [self deselectWorkaround_setSavedSelectedIndexPath:self.deselectWorkaround_tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow];

    if (self.deselectWorkaround_savedSelectedIndexPath) {
        [self.deselectWorkaround_tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:self.deselectWorkaround_savedSelectedIndexPath animated:YES];
    }
}

@end