How to change color of UITableViewCell when selecting?

Question

I have a menu like so:

The normal (unselected) state for each cell is an image, the selected s

Answer 1

Easier than accepted answer:

In your UITableViewCell subclass:

In awakeFromNib or init:

self.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

Then:

- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:animated];

    if (highlighted) {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor yourHighlightColor];
    }
    else {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor yourNormalColor];
    }
}

Answer 2

iOS 6.0 and later

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView shouldHighlightRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return YES;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didHighlightRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
  // Add your Colour.
    CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell *)[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [self setCellColor:[UIColor whiteColor] ForCell:cell];  //highlight colour
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didUnhighlightRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
  // Reset Colour.
    CustomCell *cell = (CustomCell *)[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [self setCellColor:[UIColor colorWithWhite:0.961 alpha:1.000] ForCell:cell]; //normal color

}

- (void)setCellColor:(UIColor *)color ForCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell {
    cell.contentView.backgroundColor = color;
    cell.backgroundColor = color;
}

Custom UITableViewCell

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    UIView * selectedBackgroundView = [[UIView alloc] init];
    [selectedBackgroundView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorFromHexString:@"5E6073"]]; // set color here
    [self setSelectedBackgroundView:selectedBackgroundView];
}

Answer 3

You could introduce a timer to set the time you want (like 1/2 s if I understood) between the 2 different background colors ? But you may already thought about that :/

Answer 4

Try this in custom cell-

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    UIView *selectedBackgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
    selectedBackgroundView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
    selectedBackgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:246.0/255.0 green:95.0/255.0 blue:22.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
    self.selectedBackgroundView = selectedBackgroundView;
}

Answer 5

For swift 3

self.tableView.reloadData()
let selectedCell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)
selectedCell?.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red

Answer 6

Custom UITableViewCell Swift 3.0

override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()

        let selectedBackgroundView = UIView();
        selectedBackgroundView.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray;
        self.selectedBackgroundView = selectedBackgroundView;
    }