How to make a push segue when a UITableViewCell is selected

control drag From View Controller to View Controller

You will need to give an identifier to your segue:

Perform the segue:

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"yourSegue" sender:self];
}

Now here is the thing, this will just perform the segue, if you ever needed to pass some data to that view controller. Then you have to implement the following segue delegate:

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
    // Make sure your segue name in storyboard is the same as this line
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"yourSegue"])
    {
        //if you need to pass data to the next controller do it here
    }
}

Swift

This answer shows how to pass data and is updated for Xcode 8 and Swift 3.

Here is how to set up the project.

• Create a project with a TableView. See here for a simple example.
• Add a second ViewController.
• Control drag from the first view controller with the table view to the second view controller. Choose "Show" as the segue type.

• Click the segue in the storyboard and then in the Attribute Inspector name the Identifier "yourSegue". (You can call it whatever you want but you also need to use the same name in the code.)

• (Optional) You can embed the everything in a Navigation Controller by selecting the first view controller in the storyboard and the going to Editor > Embed In > Navigation Controller.

Code

First View Controller with TableView:

import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
    
    // ...
           
    
    // method to run when table view cell is tapped
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        
        // Segue to the second view controller
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "yourSegue", sender: self)
    }
    
    // This function is called before the segue
    override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
        
        // get a reference to the second view controller
        let secondViewController = segue.destination as! SecondViewController
        
        // set a variable in the second view controller with the data to pass
        secondViewController.receivedData = "hello"
    }
}

Second View Controller

class SecondViewController: UIViewController {
    
    @IBOutlet weak var label: UILabel!
    
    // This variable will hold the data being passed from the First View Controller
    var receivedData = ""
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        
        print(receivedData)
    }
}

For a more basic example about passing data between View Controllers see this answer.

Here is another option, that doesn't require the use of didSelectRowAtIndexPath.

You just wire up the segue in Interface Builder from the prototype cell to the destination.

From there you can simply:

override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
    if segue.identifier == "AffiliationDetail", let destination = segue.destinationViewController as? AffiliateDetailViewController {
        if let cell = sender as? UITableViewCell, let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForCell(cell) {
            var affiliation = affiliations[indexPath.row]
            destination.affiliation = affiliation
        }
    }
}

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"YourPushSegueName" sender:self];
}

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    MyViewController *myVController = (MyViewController *)[self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"StoryBordIdentifier"];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:myVController animated:YES];
}