How do I make a UISwitch under iOS 7 not take the background colour of the view behind it?

Question

It looks like this whenever off:

While I\'d prefer more of a grey backgrou

Answer 1

You can also use an image as background, using the [UIColor colorWithPatternImage];

mySwitch.onTintColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"toggle-bg-on"]];
mySwitch.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"toggle-bg-off"]];