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

Swift 4

In your UITableViewCell class:

override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    myView.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue
}

override func setHighlighted(_ highlighted: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    myView.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue
}