How do I change the colour of static cells inside an embedded TableViewController?

Question

I have a view set up (more or less) like this:

-- ViewController

--- ScrollView

--- ContentView

---- ContainerView

-----> TableViewController with static cells embedded inside the ContainerView

Each view has a matching outlet.

I have configured my background to a nice image that I want to show through all the controls on the page, including the embedded TableViewController.

I've referenced the table like this:

UIView *theTableView = self.contentView.subviews[0];

and tried to set the colour of the table to clear like this (to make it see-through):

theTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

But this doesn't work because I think it's the cells' colour I need to change.

How can I reference the embedded table's cells in order to change the colour of the cells' background to clearColor programmatically in my situation?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should set the table view's delegate and respond to tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath:.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.tableView = self.contentView.subviews[0]; // use a property UITableView *tableView
    self.tableView.delegate = self;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (tableView != self.tableView) return;
    cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}

This will work for both static and dynamic table views.