UITableViewCell Selected Background Color on Multiple Selection

Question

// Doesn\'t work
cell.selectionStyle = .Blue
//Works when the selection is not multiple, if it\'s multiple with each selection the previous one disappear...
let cell         


        

Answer 1

For Swift 3,4 and 5 you can do this in two ways.

1) class: UITableViewCell

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()
    //Costumize cell

    selectionStyle = .none
}

or

2) tableView cellForRowAt

    cell.selectionStyle = .none

If you want to set selection color for specific cell, check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56166325/7987502

Answer 2

Swift 3

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "yourCellIdentifier", for: indexPath)
    cell.selectionStyle = .none
    return cell
}

Swift 2

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
     let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "yourCellIdentifier", for: indexPath)
     cell.selectionStyle = .None
     return cell
}

Answer 3

Swift 4.2

For multiple selections you need to set the UITableView property allowsMultipleSelection to true.

myTableView.allowsMultipleSelection = true

In case you subclassed the UITableViewCell, you override setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) method in your custom cell class.

 override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
     super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)

     if selected {
         contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
     } else {
         contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue
     }
 }

Answer 4

You can use standard UITableViewDelegate methods

- (nullable NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    EntityTableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [cell selectMe];
    return indexPath;
}

- (nullable NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    EntityTableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [cell deSelectMe];
    return indexPath;
}

in my situation this works, cause we need to select cell, change color, and when user taps 2 times on the selected cell further navigation should be performed.

Answer 5

All the above answers are fine but a bit to complex to my liking. The simplest way to do it is to put some code in the cellForRowAtIndexPath. That way you never have to worry about changing the color when the cell is deselected.

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath)

    /* this is where the magic happens, create a UIView and set its
       backgroundColor to what ever color you like then set the cell's
       selectedBackgroundView to your created View */

    let backgroundView = UIView()
    backgroundView.backgroundColor = YOUR_COLOR_HERE
    cell.selectedBackgroundView = backgroundView
    return cell
}

Answer 6

Swift 3

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
     let selectedCell:UITableViewCell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)!
     selectedCell.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.darkGray
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
     let selectedCell:UITableViewCell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)!
     selectedCell.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
}