Globally set background color of buttons, except accessory buttons in UITableView

Question

I am using the below code to make all my buttons in an application the same color. However the accessory icon in the UITTableView row also has it. Is there a way to ignore it in the table view?

[[UIButton appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor purpleColor]];

Léo Natan · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-04T16:52:08.853

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A UIView conforms to the UIAppearanceContainer protocol.

So you should use appearanceWhenContainedIn: to distinct buttons depending on where they are contained in.

[[UIButton appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor purpleColor]];    
[[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableView class], nil] setBackgroundColor:nil];

It would be best to use the UITableViewCell subclass instead of the table view.

edited Jan 04 '14 at 16:52

answered Jan 04 '14 at 04:55

Léo Natan

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That worked but it was `[[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableViewCell class], nil] setBackgroundColor:nil];` – Mike Flynn Jan 04 '14 at 16:42
@MikeFlynn Ah right, corrected the answer. Sorry, was typing on my Windows machine. – Léo Natan Jan 04 '14 at 16:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '14 at 04:56

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You can use the

[[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn: [UITableView class]] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor differentColor]];

answered Jan 04 '14 at 04:56

Raymond Brion

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Globally set background color of buttons, except accessory buttons in UITableView

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