Change background of a grouped UITableView

Question

I\'m having some trouble trying to change the background of a UITableView with groups.

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Answer 1

You additionally need to disable the background view of _tableView:

[_tableView setBackgroundView:nil];
 _tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];

No need to add new view to backgroundView. This is working for me in iOS6.

Answer 2

why don't you set the tableView.backgroundView? you can alloc an image view withe the specified image and pass it to the background view instead of setting the background color.

Answer 3

Just want to add to Nirav's answer - it can also be done using the iOS 5 appearance proxy.

[[UITableView appearance] setBackgroundView:nil];
[[UITableView appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor lightGreyColor]];

The advantage is that it is applies globally, so you can group all your UI customisations in one place. However, it will apply to all tableViews (not just grouped style).

Answer 4

tableView.backgroundView = nil;
tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage: xxx];
// tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];  // is ok

if you set set the backgroundColor as this, when you scroll the tableView, the backgroundColor view will scroll also. so, you can: tableView.backgroundView = nil; self.view.backgroundColor = ...

Answer 5

Swift 4.2

TO REMOVE BACKGROUND VIEW & COLOR

tableView.backgroundView = nil
tableView.backgroundColor = .clear

Answer 6

For iOS 9+, changing the background color of the UITableView is enough.

Objective-C

tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];

Swift

tableView.backgroundColor = .red