UITableView - change section header color

Question

How can I change color of a section header in UITableView?

EDIT: The answer provided by DJ-S should be considered for iOS 6 and above. The accepted

Answer 1

Although func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) will work as well, you can acheive this without implementing another delegate method. in you func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? method, you can use view.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.white instead of view.backgroundView?.backgroundColor = UIColor.white which is not working. (I know that backgroundView is optional, but even when it is there, this is not woking without implementing willDisplayHeaderView