Custom label background gets covered when cell is selected - iphone

Question

I'm having a weird problem with my cells when it gets highlighted.
Just to introduce you better what the problem is, take a look at these two pictures:
This is how the cell looks like when it's not selected (normal state): http://cl.ly/0n193u3U1o403x1s0m3z
This is how the cell looks when it's highlighted (during tap): http://cl.ly/1o2U400D3L0b3n3m1N1J
As you can see, the background of the second label seems to get ignored when the cell is selected.
I don't want this to happen. I just want the 2nd label to stay there and remain as it is.
This is how I create the cells (there are several types each of them using different cell identifier).
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle
reuseIdentifier:CellTableIdentifier] autorelease];
cell.backgroundView = [[[UIView alloc] init] autorelease];
}
switch (indexPath.section) {
...
...
case kTableSectionPending:
UILabel *label = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, self.tableView.frame.size.width - 20, 30.0)] autorelease];
UILabel *label2 = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 50, self.tableView.frame.size.width - 20, 30.0)] autorelease];
label.text = NSLocalizedString(#"IncompletePath", #"");
label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16];
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
label.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
FFRoute *lastPoint = ((FFRoute *) [[[FFSQLite sharedSingleton] getRoutesFromItinerary:itinerary] lastObject]);
label2.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#: %#", NSLocalizedString(#"LastPoint", #""), [self getStringFromTimestampOfFFRoute:lastPoint]];
label2.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
label2.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label2.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
label2.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:68/255.f green:82/255.f blue:124/255.f alpha:1];
label2.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
[label2 setOpaque:YES];
[cell.contentView addSubview:label];
[cell.contentView addSubview:label2];
// Set up background color
UIColor *bgcolor = [UIColor colorWithRed:250/255.f green:212/255.f blue:137/255.f alpha:1];
cell.backgroundView.backgroundColor = bgcolor;
break;
}
I tried to set to true the Opaque property with no luck.
What am I missing? Thank you

Answer 1

When you create the cell, do:
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
A cell can be highlighted, selected or both. You might want to customize your drawing so that it draws in a selected state (but draws as usual when only in highlighted state).

Answer 2

In iOS 6, you can use 2 methods in UITableViewDelegate to customise highlighting for the cell, and also its subviews:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didHighlightRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor lightGrayColor]]; // Your highlight color
// Make changes to subviews in cell
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didUnhighlightRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f animations:^{
[cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]]; // Your unhighlight
// Revert back changes for subviews
}];
}