UITableViewCell Selected Row Text Color Change

Question

I have a table view, and I want to know how to change the selected text color of a string, say, to Red? I tried 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 line, then the text color changes to red, but when I select another, the previously selected line text remains red. how can i solve this?

(2) When I look at the color change of the table text to black, how can I solve this?

Thank..

Answer 1

Do it in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: ::

 cell.textLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor redColor]; 

(And do not use cell.text = ... anymore, it has been deprecated for almost 2 years. Instead, use cell.textLabel.text = ... )

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Like Rafael Oliveira mentioned in the comments, if your cell's selectionStyle is UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone , this will not work. Check out the storyboard and style choices.

Answer 2

If you want to change only the color of the text, without changing the background color of the cell. you can use this.Write this code in the cellForRowAtIndexPath method

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

Answer 3

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]; } 

This may be the solution to your (and my) problem.

Answer 4

If you already subclass UITableViewCell , it is easier / cleaner to set the colors in the awakeFromNib method (assuming you create an instance from the 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