UITableView Index bar Customization

Question

I'd call my skills to be almost "basic", I understand most of what i read and see when it comes to objective-c but this is a bit outta the grasp of my comprehension.

i have a tableView with a transparent background along with transparent cells, unfortunately the person i am developing the app for insists on having a background show thru that is primarily grey. My issue is the index bar to the right. I have read that text color, background color and the likes are off limits when it comes to customization. Has anyone created their own index bar and attached it to the tableView's scrolling methods?

like i said i am at a loss when it comes as to where to even begin. All i need i belive is a point in the right direction. do i need to create a small UIView and play with the touch events?

Answer 1

Just do it like that:

if ([[self tableView] respondsToSelector:@selector(setSectionIndexColor:)])
{
    // In iOS 6 there is a own method available to set the index color
    [[self tableView] setSectionIndexColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
}
else
{
    // Use this hack in previous iOS releases
    for(UIView *view in [self.tableView subviews])
    {
        if([view respondsToSelector:@selector(setIndexColor:)])
        {
            [view performSelector:@selector(setIndexColor:) withObject:[UIColor whiteColor]];
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

if yo want to make any change in indexbar you should use CAlayer.

Set UITableViewCell background color using a CALayer