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

You could create a custom UITableViewCell, in which you add a UIButton with the size of the cell. Then you can easily make custom methods for the UIButton's TouchDown (hover) and TouchUpInside events, and set the background.

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {
        cellButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:self.contentView.frame];
        UIImage *cellBackgroundNormal = [UIImage imageNamed:@"cell_menu_normal"];
        UIImageView *cellBackgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:cellBackgroundNormal];
        self.backgroundView = cellBackgroundView;

        [cellButton addTarget:self action:@selector(hoverCell) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
        [cellButton addTarget:self action:@selector(tapCell) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)hoverCell
{
    UIImage *cellBackgroundHover = [UIImage imageNamed:@"cell_menu_third_image"];
    UIImageView *cellBackgroundHoverView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:cellBackgroundHover];
    self.backgroundView = cellBackgroundHoverView;
}

- (void)tapCell
{
    UIImage *cellBackgroundSelected = [UIImage imageNamed:@"cell_menu_selected"];
    UIImageView *cellBackgroundSelectedView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:cellBackgroundSelected];
    self.backgroundView = cellBackgroundSelectedView;
}