How to change selected color for table view cell?

Question

When I select on a cell on my table view, it changes into this white color. I want to change it.

I tried using an if statement but it didn't work.

Here is the code that I used.

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt 
indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cellId", for: indexPath)

    if cell.isSelected == true {
        cell.backgroundColor = .blue
    } else {
        cell.backgroundColor = .red
    }

    return cell

}

Answer 1

You can do either one of this -

1. Change the selectionStyle property of your cell.

For example: If you change it to UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray, it will be gray.

 cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;

2. Change the selectedBackgroundView property.

   let bgColorView = UIView()
   bgColorView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
   cell.selectedBackgroundView = bgColorView
   

swift 4 correction:

    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.gray

Answer 2

Maybe you need this:

cell.selectedBackgroundView