Unable to change background color of static table view cell on iOS 7 (iPad)

Question

I am unable to change the background color of static UITableViewCells on iOS 7, when running on iPad device. You can easily check this with following setup:

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Answer 1

Do this:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
     UIImage *pattern = [UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"];
     [cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:pattern]];  
}

Work for me on IOS7