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

If you are adding a UIViewController to another UIViewController you also need to set your view's background to clearColor in addition to UITableView or else you will get a white background instead of light grey.

if ([myViewController.myTableView respondsToSelector:@selector(setBackgroundView:)]) {
    [myViewController.myTableView setBackgroundView:nil];
}
myViewController.myTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
myViewController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];