Change Background of UICollectionView Cell on Tap

Question

I have a UICollectionView that I have created programmatically. I would like for the collection view to behave in the following way:

1. User touches cell
2.          


        

Answer 1

Add all the subviews inside contentView, use backgroundView and selectedBackgroundView from UICollectionViewCell. Do not set contentView.backgroundColor.

// Add this inside your cell configuration.
private func setupSelectionColor() {
    let backgroundView = UIView()
    backgroundView.backgroundColor = .white
    self.backgroundView = backgroundView

    let selectedBackgroundView = UIView()
    selectedBackgroundView.backgroundColor = .orange
    self.selectedBackgroundView = selectedBackgroundView
}

// Add the deselection inside didSelectCallback
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    collectionView.deselectItem(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}