In certain circumstances (i.e. The table row to edit.), we do want the keyboard to be hide in order to improve user experience

In YourViewController.m

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- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    ...

    UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(hideKeyboard:)];
        
    gestureRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
    [self.tableView addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];
}

- (void)hideKeyboard:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
    CGPoint point = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.tableView];
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:point];
    
    // Let say you are editing first section first row
    if (indexPath != nil && indexPath.section == 0 && indexPath.row == 0) {
        return;
    }
    [self.firstRowTextField resignFirstResponder];
}

In this case we are talking about the first section first row contain a UITextField which allows user to edit.

You want the keyboard to keep appear if the user tap back the row which they’re editing, so just return and end the function. Otherwise, the keyboard will be hide (i.e. make the firstRowTextField lost focus)

UITapGestureRecognizer is like an event listener to listen for Tap event, if the Tap event occurred, hideKeyboard will be triggered and passed itself as an argument. The hideKeyboard will then act accordingly.