How to remove UIButton selected background color?

Question

I am looking for a solution to this problem that does NOT require using images/PNGs. I am looking for a way to remove the UIButton's blue background color when it's in selected state, and I just cannot find a way to do that without using images. I am basically trying to do something like that in case of a UITableViewCell:

   cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone; 

Answer 1

I had this same issue and I resolve it by changing the UIButton type from "System" to "Custom". The blue background color does not show up in selected state when it is a "Custom" type.