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'm not sure about the first question but I think you can set the selectedBackgroundView property similarly to how you set the backgroundView property. The white space between cells is probably the separator. You can change that color like

tableView.separatorColor = [UIColor redColor];