UITableView backgroundColor always gray on iPad

Question

When I set the backgroundColor for my UITableView it works fine on iPhone (device and simulator) but NOT on the iPad simulator. Instead I get a lig

Answer 1

tried setting backgroundColor and View for the table, had no luck (Xcode 5 iOS7.1 iPad simulator), looked OK for iPhone, but light grey background color on iPad...

working with backgroundColor for the cell itself fixed this for me on iOS 7.1 4/2014

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"ViewSomeTriggerCell";

        // get a cell or a recycled cell
        sictVCViewSomeTriggerCell *cellTrigger = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

        // put a picture and a word in the cell (positions set in .xib)
        NSString * tname = [self.fetchedTriggersArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        cellTrigger.imageTrigger.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"icon_appicon.png"];
        cellTrigger.labelName.text = tname;

        // set background color, defeats iPad wierdness
        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2688007/uitableview-backgroundcolor-always-gray-on-ipad

        // clearColor is what I wanted, and it worked, also tested with purpleColor
        cellTrigger.backgroundColor =[UIColor clearColor];
        return cellTrigger;

}