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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

In function

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

Use following code

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

reference for more details

Answer 3

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!