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

I created a UITableViewCell category/extension that allows you to turn on and off this transparency "feature".

You can find KeepBackgroundCell on GitHub

Install it via CocoaPods by adding the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'KeepBackgroundCell'

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Usage:

Swift

let cell = 
cell.keepSubviewBackground = true  // Turn  transparency "feature" off
cell.keepSubviewBackground = false // Leave transparency "feature" on

Objective-C

UITableViewCell* cell = 
cell.keepSubviewBackground = YES;  // Turn  transparency "feature" off
cell.keepSubviewBackground = NO;   // Leave transparency "feature" on