UITableViewCell selected row's text color change

I am having a tableview and I want to know that how can I change the selected row's text color, say to Red ? I tried by this code :

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath 
{
	static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell= [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:nil] autorelease];
	
	cell.text = [localArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
	
	return cell;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
	cityName = [localArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
	
	UITableViewCell* theCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
	theCell.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
	//theCell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];

	[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
}

(1) When I select any row then text color changed to the red but when I select another then previously selected row's text remains red. how can I solve this ?

(2) When I scroll the table text color change to the black color how to solve this ?

Thanks..

Do this in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath::

cell.textLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor redColor];

(And don't use cell.text = ... anymore. It has been deprecated for almost 2 years now. Use cell.textLabel.text = ... instead.)

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As Raphael Oliveira mentioned in the comments, if the selectionStyle of your cell equals UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone this won't work. Check Storyboard as well for the selection style.

If you want to change the text colour only, with out changing cell background colour. you can use this.Write this code in in cellForRowAtIndexPath method

UIView *selectionColor = [[UIView alloc] init];
selectionColor.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.selectedBackgroundView = selectionColor;
cell.textLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor redColor];

I had the same problem, try this!

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
    
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    for (id object in cell.superview.subviews) {
        if ([object isKindOfClass:[UITableViewCell class]]) {
            UITableViewCell *cellNotSelected = (UITableViewCell*)object;
            cellNotSelected.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        }
    }
    
    cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];

    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
}

That may be the solution to your (and mine) problem.

If you're already subclassing UITableViewCell, it's easier/cleaner to set the colors in the awakeFromNib method (assuming you're instantiating from a storyboard or xib).

@implementation MySubclassTableViewCell

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    [super awakeFromNib];
    self.selectedBackgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.frame];
    self.selectedBackgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.1 green:0.308 blue:0.173 alpha:0.6];
    self.customLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
}

@end