Cell background and accessory

Question

I am trying to set the cell background of my UITableViewCells but I am struggling with the background color of the UIAccessoryView. It does not change.

Can anyone help me make the background color of the UIAccessoryView transparent (or actually any other color)?

This is my code

cell.textLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.accessoryView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.detailTextLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;

if(indexPath.row % 2) {
     cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}
else {
    cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
}

Here is an image illustrating the issue

UIAccessoryView does not change background color.

score 46 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '11 at 10:20

46

You'll need to set the backgroundView property of the UITableViewCell. For example:

UIView* myBackgroundView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] autorelease];
myBackgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
myCell.backgroundView = myBackgroundView;

If you want something more fancy, like a red gradient background, you would implement a subclass of UIView that draws a gradient in drawRect:, and use it as the backgroundView.

You can also set the selectedBackgroundView property if you want a custom look for a selected table cell.

answered Mar 19 '11 at 10:20

Darren

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Awesome! That works and is so much easier! Good idea with gradient and a `selectedBackgroundView` Thank you very much! – simonbs Mar 19 '11 at 13:24
Thanks a lot... Got stuck for a long time here and your answer was the first one to solve it. :) – Git.Coach Jun 15 '13 at 01:08

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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In function

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

Use following code

cell.contentView.superview.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];

reference for more details

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

Community

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answered Nov 29 '12 at 12:49

Abhishek Panchal

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '16 at 01:51

If you want to change it in custom class of UITableViewCell you can just use:

override func layoutSubviews() {
    super.layoutSubviews()
    self.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
}

changing background inside of awakeFromNib() or init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) doesn't work!

Cell background and accessory

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