Custom cell clear background?

Question

I have a tableview in a view controller that is dynamically populated with data from a database. Now I have set the tableview to be clear and it working correctly, but I have tried to set the cells to be clear to no avail ?

cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()

That line has been placed in the cellForRowAtIndexPath function.

Answer 1

This little extension should help you.

The idea is to set the backgorundView to clear too and not just the backgroundColor :

extension UITableViewCell {
    func setTransparent() {
        let bgView: UIView = UIView()
        bgView.backgroundColor = .clearColor()

        self.backgroundView = bgView
        self.backgroundColor = .clearColor()
    }
}

Usage:

In the cellForRowAtIndexPath add the following line:

cell.setTransparent()