How to set UITableView cell separator to 'None' when selected - ios

I am working on a UITableView with customized cells from a .xib. I have added a blue border to the top and bottom of the .xib to give a customized spacing between the cells. I don't want a separator between the cells so I set the Separator to None in the storyboard. This is the look that it gives me.
This works great until I select a cell, at which point I am seeing this (notice the white separators above and below the selected cell):
I am using this code in the cellForRowAt function to set the color of the selected cell to white, but this also seems to force the separator to be white:
let selectedView = UIView()
selectedView.backgroundColor = .white
cell.selectedBackgroundView = selectedView
I am trying to figure out how to remove the separator lines when the cell is selected. I have tried several things on the storyboard and in code, but haven't found anything that works.For example:
I can't use cell.selectionStyle = .none because I want the cell background to turn white when selected.
This doesn't change anything when called from viewDidAppear: tableView.separatorColor = UIColor.clear
I tried the answer here Hide separator line on one UITableViewCell by Avinash but it didn't do anything.
Any ideas?

I found that this solution worked for me.
I changed my code in the cellForRowAt function to the clear color:
let selectedView = UIView()
selectedView.backgroundColor = .clear
cell.selectedBackgroundView = selectedView

try change the tableView.separatorColor = tableView.backgroundColor
and set you table style to grouped

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tableView.backgroundColor = .clear
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consequently make the circle-checkmark area remain light-blue but not the whole cell:
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func ChangePressDownColor(to Color: UIColor){
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}
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