Swift TableView Prevent Button color change on selection

Question

I am having a hard time preventing color change on my background color for my IBAction button when I select a row in my tableView. The background of my button is set to green, but when I tap the table view cell, it becomes gray. I have tried to change the color through different functions (tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath etc..). Any ideas on how I would prevent the background of the button to change?

Thanks in advance!

This answer might lead you in the right direction: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6746201/340508 — Jawwad, Oct 15 '16 at 01:05
how about changing the tableview cell selection style to `None`? — Enix, Oct 15 '16 at 02:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '16 at 05:46

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I have faced same problem with button backgroundColor in TableView and solved it this way.

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as! CustomCell
    cell.button.backgroundColor = UIColor.greenColor()
}

answered Oct 15 '16 at 05:46

Nirav D

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Hi! Thanks for the response. The code is working if I just tap a table view cell. However, if I was to hold the touch, the background color of the button turns gray. Do you have a soultion for this as well? By the way, sorry for the late response. – askaale Oct 17 '16 at 17:09
Welcome mate :) – Nirav D Oct 18 '16 at 05:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '20 at 19:35

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If you want to disable color change on selection entirely, change the selectionStyle attribute in your custom cell:

selectionStyle = .none

answered Dec 10 '20 at 19:35

tondo

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This should be the accepted answer - FYI apply this to the cell, not the tableView – Jonathan Plackett May 02 '21 at 21:54

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 17:21

I solved the problem with the code Nirav provided me above:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as! CustomCell
    cell.button.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
}

However, I noticed that the button background color continued to turn gray when I tapped the row, and held the 'tap' without releasing. I solved this by adding the following code as well:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didHighlightRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

    let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as! CustomCell
    cell.exploreButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.green

}

Swift TableView Prevent Button color change on selection

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