CollectionView Default Item Selection - ios

I have implemented one row-multiple column collectionview which stays at the top of the HomeViewController.
Initially, I want to set a default item as being selected and highlighted with a red line color beneath and also as well as text color red, refer to the image as follows.
For some reason(s), it shows multiple category items have red line colors beneath which is not what I expected, but text colors are correct. I do not know what I am doing wrong?
CategoryCollectionViewCell.m
#implementation CategoryCollectionViewCell
#synthesize categoryLabel,highlightedLabel;
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected
{
if(selected)
{
self.categoryLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
self.highlightedLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
}
else
{
self.categoryLabel.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
self.highlightedLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}
}
#end
HomeViewController.m
-(void) viewWillAppear: (BOOL) animated {
dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0ul);
dispatch_async(queue, ^(void) {
[self loadFromURL]; // that is not related with categoryCollectionView
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[self.categoryCollectionView selectItemAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:3 inSection:0] animated:YES scrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionCenteredHorizontally];
}
});
}

You didn't post all relevant code here.
From your code there may be reason :
1) Your highlighted label color is set to default red in cell. When you pass your code changes that cell only.
For this set your highlighted label background color clear in xib/storyboard.

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Edit: I know alpha makes it lighter, but this was recommend in a thread when I was researching.
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Adding a modern solution for Swift 3.
Create a new .swift file and make a custom UIView class:
import UIKit
class NeverClearView: UIView {
override var backgroundColor: UIColor? {
didSet {
if backgroundColor?.cgColor.alpha == 0 {
backgroundColor = oldValue
}
}
}
}
In Interface Builder, go to the Identity Inspector and set the class to your shiny new NeverClearView class. This will halt it from disappearing during cell reordering.
This solution also works for other UIKit components, for example I had to do the same thing for a UIStepper a second ago.
You may create your custom UILabel. And overload -drawRect.
#interface VALAbel:UILabel
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *bac_color;
#end
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{
_bac_color = bac_color;
[self setNeedsDisplay];
}
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[self.bac_color set];
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Maybe anyone knows how to optimise this process?
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Try this
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I've got a UILabel with a background color in a cell. When I select this cell, the cell changes the color (which it should) but it also changes the background of the label. I want the preserve the background color on the UILabel. When I use an image with just a random color in it it is preserved, but isn't there any better way?
Thanks in advance
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Solution:
Create a subclass of UILabel and just not call super
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{
self = [super init];
if (self) {
[super setBackgroundColor:color];
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}
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We usually handled this issue by subclassing UILabel, overwrite setBackgroundColor: and simply do not call [super setBackgroundColor:] after we've set our own color.
#interface MyLabel : UILabel
#property(nonatomic) BOOL backgroundColorLocked;
#end
#implementation MyLabel
-(void) setBackgroundColor:(UIColor*)backgroundColor {
if (_backgroundColorLocked) {
return;
}
super.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
}
#end
Usage:
MyLabel* label = …;
label.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor;
label.backgroundColorLocked = YES;
As long as backgroundColorLocked is YES no-one, not even UITableView(Cell), can change the label's background color.

Custom UITableViewCell - I set the background image, but how do I set the border color?

I set up a table view in Interface Builder, with Separator set to Single Line, and in the data source class I have this code:
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if (indexPath.row == 0) {
UIImageView *topCellBackgroundImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:#"grouped-cell-bg-top"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0)]];
cell.backgroundView = topCellBackgroundImageView;
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[super viewDidLoad];
self.tableView.separatorColor = [UIColor redColor];
self.tableView.backgroundView = nil;
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But the border color never shows up. I tried setting them in the images, but obviously that presents a lot of centering issues with the images, and having their borders overlap.
UPDATE:
After looking around a bit more, it does indeed get set, but it seems that setting the cell's backgroundView puts what you set as the backgroundView over the separatorColor. When I remove the willDisplayCell: method, the red color shows up fine (same when I select the cell even with the backgroundView set, it will show red until I unselect it). The question is, how can I set the separatorColor if I have a backgroundView set?
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