Removing cell borders from a section of grouped-style UITableView

Question

I have a UITableViewController initialized with the grouped style and having multiple sections. For one of these sections, I\'d like its constituent cells to be completely t

Answer 1

 UIView *backView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
 backView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
 cell.backgroundView = backView;
 cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
 [cell.contentView addSubview:imageView];

Answer 2

Set the backgroundView of the cell to nil. For a grouped table, the cell image is part of that view.

Answer 3

NOTE: This doesn't appear to be working in iOS7 and above. For iOS7 try this answer.

For iOS6 and below, to remove the grouped background from a cell in a grouped table view cell:

This didn't work

cell.backgroundView = nil; // Did Not Work

This did

cell.backgroundView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] autorelease];

If you have moved to ARC (I've heard this works, but haven't tested it)

cell.backgroundView = [UIView new];