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

In iOS 7, what worked for me is to override setSelected:animated: in the UITableViewCell subclass, but contrary to @Brooks' tip, I called [super setSelected:selected animated:animated].

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Reassert the background color of the color view so that it shows
    // even when the cell is highlighted for selection.
    self.colorView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
}

This lets me keep the system's default selection animation when the user taps on the cell, and also to deselect it in the table view delegate's didSelectRowAtIndexPath:.