UITableViewCell Selected Background Color on Multiple Selection

Question

// Doesn\'t work
cell.selectionStyle = .Blue
//Works when the selection is not multiple, if it\'s multiple with each selection the previous one disappear...
let cell         


        

Answer 1

The problem with Kersnowski's approach is that when the cell is redrawn the changes made when it's selected/deselected will be gone. So I would move the changes into the cell itself, which means subclassing is required here. For example:

class ICComplaintCategoryCell: UITableViewCell {
    @IBOutlet var label_title: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet var label_checkmark: UILabel!

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()
        reload()
    }
    func reload() {
        if isSelected {
            contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
        }
        else if isHighlighted{
            contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
        }
        else {
            contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
        }
    }
}

And in your table view delegate just call reload:

if let cell = self.table.cellForRowAtIndexPath(path) as? ICComplaintCategoryCell {
    cell.reload()
}

Updated for Swift 3+, thanks @Bogy