UITableViewCell with custom gradient background, with another gradient as highlight color

Question

I have a custom UITableViewCell with a custom layout. I wanted a gradient background, so in my UITableViewDelegate cellForRowAtIndexPath: method, I create a CAGradientLayer

Answer 1

I know this thread is old, but here's a solution for the first part of your question (adding a gradient to the selected and non-selected states of a cell):

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{    
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

    CAGradientLayer *grad = [CAGradientLayer layer];
    grad.frame = cell.bounds;
    grad.colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:(id)[[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor], (id)[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor], nil];

    [cell setBackgroundView:[[UIView alloc] init]];
    [cell.backgroundView.layer insertSublayer:grad atIndex:0];

    CAGradientLayer *selectedGrad = [CAGradientLayer layer];
    selectedGrad.frame = cell.bounds;
    selectedGrad.colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:(id)[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor], (id)[[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor], nil];

    [cell setSelectedBackgroundView:[[UIView alloc] init]];
    [cell.selectedBackgroundView.layer insertSublayer:selectedGrad atIndex:0];
}