UIView backgroundColor disappears when UITableViewCell is selected

Question

I have a simple tableViewCell build in interface builder. It contains a UIView which contains an image. Now, when I select the cell, the default blue selection background is

Answer 1

Add this to your UITableViewCell

override func setHighlighted(highlighted: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    super.setHighlighted(false, animated: animated)
    if highlighted {
        self.backgroundColor = UIColor.blueColor()
    }else{
        UIView.animateWithDuration(0.2, animations: {
            self.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
        })
    }
}