UITableViewHeaderFooterView: Unable to change background color

Question

I\'m trying to change the background color of UITableViewHeaderFooterView. Although the view is appearing, the background color remains the default color. I\'m getting a log

Answer 1

If you are customising a section header cell with Storyboard/Nib, then make sure the background color is default for the "Table Section Header" view.

And if you subclass UITableViewHeaderFooterView, and using nib, then what you have to do is to create a IBOutlet for the content view, and name it eg. containerView. This is not to be confused with contentView, which is parent of this container view.

With that setup, you change the background color of containerView instead.