UITableViewCell selected row's text color change

Question

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..

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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];

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];
}

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

Answer 4

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