Clearing background color of UITableViewCell? - iphone

I loading all data in UITableView section.
i getting result of above screen. I want to remove black patch(background color) of table cell.
For that i write following code in cellForRowAtIndexPath method
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[cell setOpaque:NO];
NSDictionary *name = [[self.sections valueForKey:[[[self.sections allKeys] sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)] objectAtIndex:indexPath.section]] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[cell.textLabel setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:15.0f]];
[cell.textLabel setText:[name objectForKey:#"Name"]];
and my nib file is
still i give same result. This code and nib setting worked fine on iPhone simulator but not in iPhone.
Please why this happen, where i m going to wrong way?
How i remove this problem?
Thanks in advanced.

Change the Background of View, in your nib, make it clear Color or white Color
also try
in method CellForRowAtIndexPath, like tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

hi RRB
You have to set clearColor of your tableView.backgroundColor run time not in xib.

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How to add custom image to a UITableviewController in Xcode?

I am new to Xcode, and I am currently building my first app. I've searched long and hard to try and find the proper tutorial but I can't find one. I am looking for a way to be able to insert a custom background in my UITableViewController. I can change the color, but that is it. What I am looking to do is set my PNG image behind the static cells I've created, and drop the opacity on those cells so the custom image comes through. Can someone please give me a way to do this either through the IB (storyboard) or through the coding. Much appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
I think the easier and correct way is to:
[tableView setBackgroundView:[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"yourimage.png"]]];
You can include this code in viewDidLoad to make it work.
for cell's background :, do this in willDisplayCell:atIndexPath: method
UIImageView *cellImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImageimageNamed:#"image.png"]]];
CGRect Frame = cell.backgroundView.bounds;
cellImageView.frame = newFrame;
[cell.backgroundView addSubview:cellImageView];
for tableview background , do this in viewDidLoad: method
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"BackgroundPattern.png"]];
UIImageView *ivwCellBackground=[[UIImageView alloc]init];
[ivwCellBackground setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:CELL_BACKGROUNGIMAGE]];
cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
[cell setBackgroundView:ivwCellBackground];
[ivwCellBackground release];
ivwCellBackground=nil;

UITableView cell background color

how to set different background colors for cells in a UITableView
(specifically rainbow color for seven cells)
Set the backgroundColor property:
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
Note that the backgroundColor must be set in the tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath: method (from UITableViewCell reference):
Note: If you want to change the
background color of a cell (by setting
the background color of a cell via the
backgroundColor property declared by
UIView) you must do it in the
tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath:
method of the delegate and not in
tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: of
the data source. Changes to the
background colors of cells in a
group-style table view has an effect
in iOS 3.0 that is different than
previous versions of the operating
system. It now affects the area inside
the rounded rectangle instead of the
area outside of it.
Use the indexPath parameter to achieve the rainbow effect.
If you want to set cell color based on some state in the actual cell data object, then this is another approach:
If you add this method to your table view delegate:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
cell.backgroundColor = cell.contentView.backgroundColor;
}
Then in your cellForRowAtIndexPath method you can do:
if (myCellDataObject.hasSomeStateThatMeansItShouldShowAsBlue) {
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
}
This saves having to retrieve your data objects again in the willDisplayCell method.
Do not forget to set background color of your tableView to clearColor. Otherwise the clearColor of cell will not be displayed as the background color of tableView will be whiteColor by default. And even when the cell color turns to clearColor whiteColor will be displayed because the tableView background color is still whiteColor. Remenber.
You can set it like so:
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:249.0/255 green:237.0/255 blue:224.0/255 alpha:1.0];
Pretty sure UITableViewCell is a subclass of UIView, so:
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
For awful rainbow colors, here is an example:
static NSArray *colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[UIColor redColor], [UIColor yellowColor], etc..., nil];
cell.backgroundColor = [colors objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
Try this
cell.backgroundVIew.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
If you've subclassed UITableViewCell, you can reliably set self.backgroundColor in -layoutSubviews. At least in my experience, this works in the odd cases where tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath: does not.
You may arrive at the conclusion that 'willDisplayCell' is still not working like I did at first. The reason it didn't work for me initially was because I wasn't using colors properly.
Don't forget that when using custom colors you need to divide by 255.0f:
[UIColor colorWithRed:44/255.0f green:50/255.0f blue:65/255.0f alpha:1];
Something like the following will result to a white cell:
//DON'T DO
[UIColor colorWithRed:44 green:50 blue:65 alpha:1];
making it look like it's not doing anything when it really is setting the background to white.

Altering the background color of cell.accessoryView and cell.editingAccessoryView

Whenever I add an accessoryView to my UITableViewCell, it doesn't carry the background color across? I'm setting a UISwitch as my accessoryView, and the color I have set in the cell.backgroundColor property only effects the contentView and not the accessoryView.
I have tried everything to set them to the same value. I tried to set the cell.backgroundView.backgroundColor and the cell.accessoryView.backgroundColor properties to the color I want but nothing is working. I also tried creating a subview inside contentView, which solved the backgroundColor problem (by avoiding it), but it creates the problem, where the switch sits on top of the cell.textLabel when the text is too long.
Is there are way I can modify the background color of the accessoryView without creating a subview in contentView, or to alter the length of the cell.textLabel without subclassing UITableViewCell?
Upon reading the documentation (a novel idea), I found the article, "A Closer Look at Table-View Cells". It helped me understand the composition of the cells, and I found my answer...
cells look like this...
Since the cell.accessoryView is a sister view to cell.contentView I had to ask the cell.contentView for its superview, and then I was able to change the background color for both views at once. Here's what the code looks like...
// Cell Formatting
cell.contentView.superview.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
I know it's really simple, but I'm a newbie and it took me ages to slow down and read the doc. Hopefully, this helps some other folks out there!
- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
}
UIView *myView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.frame];
myView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:214.00/255.00 green:233.00/255.00 blue:247.00/255.00 alpha:1.0];
cell.backgroundView = myView;
[myView release];
If you want to blend the accessory view background color with the background color of the cell, in iOS8 and Swift this worked like a charm in the tableView(_, cellForRowAtIndexPath:) method:
let color = cell.contentView.backgroundColor
cell.backgroundColor = color
#Zak, first of all thanks for bringing to my attention the details of the cell layout. Very helpful!
I would just like to point out that the following code:
self.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage: [UIImage imageNamed:#"cell_background.png"]];
worked for me. The result was a background image stretching over whole cell. AccessoryTypeView didn't cover it! Important part is to put this code into layoutSubviews method of your custom cell class and not into cellForRowAtIndexPath found in TableViewController class. In my case I defined a class CustomCell and inside of it I have defined labels, image views etc.
NOTE:The following code wasn't working:
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage: [UIImage imageNamed:#"cell_background.png"]];
when put inside tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPat method. It was giving me the background covering the cell but AccessoryTypeView was above it...

UITableViewCell color issues with custom table view background

I have a UITableView with a custom background image set like this:
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"mybg.png"]];
The background appears fine, but my UITableViewCells (default cells, not custom) have some sort of weird tint to them, and the UILabel containing the "New Project" text also seems to have some sort of background behind it. How can I remove this? I've already tried:
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.textLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
Thanks
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I believe that this is a nasty side-effect of simply adding an image straight into your table view's backgroundColor.
Try adding the image to the view's background color:
[[self view] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"mybg.png"]]];
and then set the table view's backgroundColor to be clear:
[[self tableView] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
I hope this helps!
Some times when your working with setting images for an app, and testing on the simulator, they get frozen to the app for the few run. Not sure, this is the case even if you delete the image files; they still keep popping up.
I would make that you have rest the simulator, and restart Xcode. Then force a rebuild of the app back on the simulator. This should clear out any images- even background images if they are still being referenced.
If this is not a solution that works...try making sure that you don't have conflicting commands going to the same UiTablView object-(1 from IB and 1 from Xcode programmically). Sometimes you can overlook that you have set something in IB, and it conflicts with what your telling it to do programically.
If that doesn't solve the issue...check the connections in IB and make sure your reffrencing the correct IBOutlet UITableView *tableview. And you have the delegat and data protocols in the header.
If you want to have each cell set with background and want to remove text's background, maybe you can try this...
- (void)viewDidLoad {
...
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
...
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)table cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
...
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"mybg.png"]];
cell.textLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
...
}

How do I set a background image for a grouped table view?

I've seen some iPhone applications that use a custom image as the background for a grouped UITableView, instead of the standard gray lines.
How is this achieved?
Here's what worked for me (and fairly simple once I figured it out ;)
1) Add a view in your app delegate and make it a subview of the window:
UIView *bgView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:window.frame];
bgView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"screenBG.png"]];
[window addSubview:bgView];
[bgView release];
2) On each view controller .m file, under ViewDidLoad, set background color of that particular view to transparent (so the other bgView created above will show through):
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
And in my case, the view controller in step 2 was a tableviewcontroller. Looks great.
And BTW, doing the following in each view controller did NOT work well:
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"screenBG.png"]];
So follow steps 1 and 2 above.
Hope this helps out,
Tbone
Try this
- (void) viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage: [UIImage imageNamed:#"wallpaper.png"]];
self.tableView.opaque = NO;
}
In another project (developed using 2.2.1) I did this by setting my UITableView's background opacity to 0%, and then simply layering a UIImageView behind it using Interface Builder. This allowed me to have a fixed background regardless of the table state. You can also set the background of the UITableView to be an image instead, but then the background scrolls with the table. (I don't have the code handy at the moment, but I got the tip a while back on the Apple developer forums).
Note that this can cause some performance issues. Apple discourages using transparency whenever possible because the GPUs on the pre-3GS models aren't particularly beefy.
You can use the +[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:(UIImage)] method like so:
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Background.png"]];
the problem with colorWithPatternImage: is that you need to use "patterned" images, otherwise your image will be tiled randomly
this link has a simple solution, if you want all your views to have the same background
http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2009/03/how-to-add-a-nice-background-image-to-your-grouped-table-view/
self.parentViewController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"SortByCategory_320x480.png"]];
self.tableView.separatorColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
Hope this will help. It won't display hideous translucent background behind the cells especially in case of Grouped UITableView.