How to change color of UITableViewCell when selecting?

Question

I have a menu like so:

The normal (unselected) state for each cell is an image, the selected s

Answer 1

Based on Milan Cermak's answer, you can use UIAppearance.

In Swift 1.1 / 2.0:

let selectionView = UIView()
selectionView.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
UITableViewCell.appearance().selectedBackgroundView = selectionView