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AstroCB
AstroCB

Reputation: 12367

Background color of a UITableView does not extend across the cell for iPad

I've set the background color of a UITableView and its cells to a dark blue in Interface Builder, which seems to work fine for all iPhone sizes:

iPhone

However, on iPad (portrait and landscape), the color does not apply to the disclosure indicator (arrow) on the right of each cell:

iPad

I'd love to provide more details than that, but I'm not sure what else there is to say.

If I remove the cell accessory entirely, it fills the cell normally, but all of the other accessory options (checkbox, detail, etc.) have the same effect.

Any idea why?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 986

Answers (2)

Vrutin Rathod
Vrutin Rathod

Reputation: 900

You can do this in Interface Builder by selecting "Table View Cell" and then changing its background color:

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Upvotes: 2

AstroCB
AstroCB

Reputation: 12367

It turns out that you cannot set the actual cell's background color from within Interface Builder (or, if you can, I couldn't find it).

So, the easiest way to do it is to set it programmatically from within your UITableView implementation methods:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    cell.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 5.0/255, green: 51.0/255, blue: 103.0/255, alpha: 1.0)
}

What tripped me up for a while with the RGB values is that you have to divide them by 255 (if you don't, it will just show up as white).

Upvotes: 3

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