UITextField becomeFirstResponder does not work

Question

I have a listview on the bottom part of the screen and a 4 field entry form at the top part of the screen. When I tap on the list item I would like to set focus to the 1st text field.

I have the code like this:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle  forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

    ....
    ....
    else if(editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert)
        {
               [self clrscreen];

               [oDescription becomeFirstResponder];
            }

but it doesnt work. Do I have to get the focus out of the listview first or something

Answer 1

Maybe in the

[self clrscreen];

method you process the UI and the UITableView is redrawn. If that is so, at the moment you call the

[oDescription becomeFirstResponder];

it is not there. Please check if oDescription is not nil .

One more thing: where/when is this called:

....
....
else if(editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleInsert) ?