I\'ve implemented a custom table view cell class that inherit from UITableViewCell. The tableview contains a background image, so I want cell\'s background to b
The accepted answer did not fix the problem for me. I had to do this:

From the table's data source class cellForRowAtIndexPath method:
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; //Make cell transparent