disable the uitableview highlighting but allow the selection of individual cells
IosObjective CUitableviewIos Problem Overview
when you tap on a cell the row gets selected and highlighted.Now what i want to do is disable the highlighting but allow the selection.Is there a way around it.There is question that answers this but it disables both the selection and highlighting.
Ios Solutions
Solution 1 - Ios
You can just set the cell's selection style to "None" from Storyboard:
Or from code:
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
For Swift 3:
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.none
For Swift 4 & above:
cell.selectionStyle = .none
Solution 2 - Ios
Change UITableViewCell
's selectedBackgroundView
color to transparent.
let clearView = UIView()
clearView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor() // Whatever color you like
UITableViewCell.appearance().selectedBackgroundView = clearView
or to set for a specific cell:
cell.backgroundView = clearView
Solution 3 - Ios
Try setting cell selection style to None -
[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
This will solve your problem
Solution 4 - Ios
For Swift 3.0:
cell.selectionStyle = .none
Solution 5 - Ios
For Swift:
UITableViewCell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None;
Or when you subclass a cell in swift:
class CustomCell : UITableViewCell {
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
selectionStyle = .None
}
}
Solution 6 - Ios
in swift 3
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}
Solution 7 - Ios
To add a custom color use the below code. And to make it transparent use alpha: 0.0
cell.selectedBackgroundView = UIView(frame: CGRect.zero)
cell.selectedBackgroundView?.backgroundColor = UIColor(red:0.27, green:0.71, blue:0.73, alpha:1.0)
If you use custom color and want to give it rounded corner look use:
cell.layer.cornerRadius = 8
Also, use this for better animation and feel
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}
Solution 8 - Ios
For those looking for a programmatic way in Swift 3
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.none
Solution 9 - Ios
Solution 10 - Ios
For Swift 5 the best way is:
cell.selectionStyle = .none
Solution 11 - Ios
For Objc:
> [cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
_tableView.allowsSelection = YES;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
.. .. .. ..
[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
. . . . ..
}
Solution 12 - Ios
Here is the solution for swift 3,works even in editing mode
cell.selectionStyle = .gray
cell.selectedBackgroundView = {
let colorView = UIView()
colorView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.0)
//change the alpha value or color to match with you UI/UX
return colorView
}()