creating an action when tableView cell in swift touched or clicked - swift

Question

I a tableView class that displays a text in cells. I need to be able to touch/click text in a cell and create an action (display the next table view) based on the text in the cell clicked. Class is as follows:
import UIKit
class SecondViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet var tableView: UITableView!
let textCellIdentifier = "TextCell"
let catRet = XnYCategories.mainCats("sport")
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
tableView.delegate = self
tableView.dataSource = self
}
// MARK: UITextFieldDelegate Methods
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return catRet.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(textCellIdentifier, forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell
let row = indexPath.row
cell.textLabel?.text = catRet[row]
return cell
}
// MARK: UITableViewDelegate Methods
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true)
let row = indexPath.row
println(catRet[row])
}
}

Answer 1

I would like to add upon Linus answer, as it has deprecated in latest Swift addition.
Swift 4:
In the myCell add this Recogniser,
let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(yourVC.yourfuncName))
myCell.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
In the same VC, implement your function,
func yourfuncName(){
//Do whatever you want here
}

Answer 2

If you have a hard-coded amount of cells, you can create a UIGestureRecognizer and add it to the cell created:
let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "tapped:")
myCell.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
In it's target you can do whatever you want to do.

Answer 3

You can get your cell using
let currentCell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) as UITableViewCell
To get your text you could use
var selectedText = currentCell.textLabel?.text