UITableViewCell selectedBackgroundView's color not visible when building on iOS 13

Question

I have given a tableview cell a color on selection in cellForRowAtIndexPath using

    let backgroundView = UIView()
    backgroundView.backgroun         


        

Answer 1

If you use the hierarchy debugger, you'll see that in iOS 13 the contentView sits above the backgroundView and selectedBackgroundView.

This can be resolved by setting

contentView.backgroundColor = nil 

in awakeFromNib

or setting the contentView's backgroundColour to clear in the storyboard