Setting TableViewCell Label colour on row selection Swift 3 - ios

Question

I have a TableView, and the table is populated from an array. The cell is of type TableViewCell.xib. I want to change the colour of the label in the cell.
Here's my TableViewController
struct cell_data {
let label1: String!
}
class TableViewController: UITableViewController {
let cellDataArray = [cell_data]([cell_data(label1: "This text is for label 1")])
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return cellDataArray.count
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("TableViewCell", owner: self, options: nil)?.first as! TableViewCell
cell.label_1.text = cellDataArray[indexPath.row].label1
cell.selectionStyle = .none
let whiteRoundedView : UIView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x:10, y:5, width: self.view.frame.size.width - 20, height: cell.frame.size.height - 7))
whiteRoundedView.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.green.cgColor
whiteRoundedView.layer.masksToBounds = false
whiteRoundedView.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -1, height: 1)
whiteRoundedView.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.3
cell.contentView.addSubview(whiteRoundedView)
cell.contentView.sendSubview(toBack: whiteRoundedView)
return cell
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)
}
}
What I want to do be able to do is change the colour of the label of the cell when I select a row without affecting the UIView inside the cell. That is, once I change the height of the UIView when I select a row, I have tried reloading but reloading the cell set the UIView's height to the original setting.
And once I have set the label's colour, I want to set it back to it's original colour when I deselect the row.
I hope I made it clear enough. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You don't need to reloading the cell to update the label's color. You can try by overriding method in your TableViewCell with the following code:
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
if (selected) {
//Change your label color for selected state
} else {
//Change your label color for unselected state
}
}

Answer 2

try this:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didHighlightRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
{
let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)! as! customTableViewCell // name of your custom cell class
cell.label_1.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()//give your selection color
}

Answer 3

Try this
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as yourCell
cell.yourlable.textcolor = yourColor;
}