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

You can change the behavior of the tableViewCell by overriding the function setHighlighted in UITableViewCell class (you will need to inherit from it). Example of my code where I change the background image of my cell :

// animate between regular and highlighted state
- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated; {
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:animated];

    //Set the correct background Image
    UIImageView* backgroundPicture = (UIImageView*)[self viewWithTag:HACK_BACKGROUND_VIEW_TAG];
    if (highlighted) {
        backgroundPicture.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"FondSelected.png"]; 
    }
    else {
        backgroundPicture.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Fond.png"]; 
    }
}

You can also change the selection mode to gray, blue or none in the interface builder.