Why do all backgrounds disappear on UITableViewCell select?

Question

My current project\'s UITableViewCell behavior is baffling me. I have a fairly straightforward subclass of UITableViewCell. It adds a few extra elements to the base view (vi

Answer 1

Found a pretty elegant solution instead of messing with the tableView methods. You can create a subclass of UIView that ignores setting its background color to clear color. Code:

class NeverClearView: UIView {
    override var backgroundColor: UIColor? {
        didSet {
            if UIColor.clearColor().isEqual(backgroundColor) {
                backgroundColor = oldValue
            }
        }
    }
}

Obj-C version would be similar, the main thing here is the idea