How to change colour of selected cell in UITableView?

Question

I am making an app in which I am showing my data in a UITableView. I am stuck. I want to change the colour of the selected cell. How to do this?

Below is my code in -didSelectRowAtIndexPath

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSLog(@"the messageid==%@",[[self.inboxmessagesarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row ] objectForKey:@"messageId"]);
    manage.messageid=[[self.inboxmessagesarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row ] objectForKey:@"messageId"];  // here i pass the value to singleton class
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"segueIdentifier" sender:tableView];
}

if u click the cell u want to change the selection color – Anbu.Karthik Dec 15 '14 at 05:52 — Anbu.Karthik, Dec 15 '14 at 05:52
yeah i want to change on click event – Mishal Awan Dec 15 '14 at 05:54 — Mishal Awan, Dec 15 '14 at 05:54
use `UITableViewCell`'s `selectionStyle` property. – Anon Dec 15 '14 at 05:59 — Anon, Dec 15 '14 at 05:59

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '14 at 05:54

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Update your code as mentioned below:

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSLog(@"the messageid==%@",[[self.inboxmessagesarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row ] objectForKey:@"messageId"]);

    manage.messageid = [[self.inboxmessagesarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row ] objectForKey:@"messageId"];  // here i pass the value to singleton class

    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"segueIdentifier" sender:tableView];

    // Add this line to set selected default gray style
    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
}

Use selectionStyle property to get cell highlighed. For more details refer UITableViewCellSelectionStyle

answered Dec 15 '14 at 05:54

Mrunal

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@mrunerl -- if i like to change my selection color into **RED** or **orange**, how to use .. – Anbu.Karthik Dec 15 '14 at 06:02
Then I would use backgroundColor, thats why over code I have written its for default style. Also added link to check which other default styles available. – Mrunal Dec 15 '14 at 06:03
@Mrunal - i asked custom color – Anbu.Karthik Dec 15 '14 at 06:05
@MishalAwan- mark this as your answer if it worked for you so that it helps other stack users too – z22 Dec 15 '14 at 06:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '14 at 06:56

May be this will be useful to u...

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
   UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
   UIView *selectedRowColor = [[UIView alloc] init];
   selectedRowColor.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
   cell.selectedBackgroundView = selectedRowColor;
}

Anbu.Karthik · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-15T08:51:35.780

in your cellForRowAtIndexPath has two options for selection only Blue and another one is Gray

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *) indexPath 
{

   /// here your cell identifier name and details
 UIView *changeselectionColor = [[UIView alloc] init];
changeselectionColor.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:(245.0/255.0) green:(245.0/255.0) blue:(245.0/255.0) alpha:1];   // change the RGB as you like
cell.selectedBackgroundView = changeselectionColor;

//...... here add your cell details.. //

}

or in another choice no 2 call this method

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
 UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
 UIView * changeselectionColor = [[UIView alloc] init];
 changeselectionColor.backgroundColor = [UIColor GreenColor];
 cell.selectedBackgroundView = changeselectionColor;
}

@MishalAwan- mark this as your answer if it worked for you so that it helps other stack users too — z22, Dec 15 '14 at 06:08

How to change colour of selected cell in UITableView?

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